#BFA536#BFA536

#BFA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA536
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -2.52, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 58.13, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0126 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.13 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6087, 38.2549, 8.9977)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA536 #3650BF

analogous

#BF6036 #BFA536 #94BF36

triadic

#BFA536 #36BFA5 #A536BF

tetradic

#BFA536 #36BF60 #3650BF #BF3694

square

#BFA536 #36BF60 #3650BF #BF3694

split-complementary

#BFA536 #3694BF #6036BF

monochromatic

#60531B #8F7C29 #BFA536 #D2BC60 #E0D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BFA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA536

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA536	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf74',
    500: '#bfa536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa536;
$custom-light: #d6bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72513,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA536

secondary

#8793CA

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA536

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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