#BFA537#BFA537

#BFA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA537
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -2.47, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 57.74, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0124 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.129 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6324, 38.2644, 9.1226)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA537 #3751BF

analogous

#BF6137 #BFA537 #95BF37

triadic

#BFA537 #37BFA5 #A537BF

tetradic

#BFA537 #37BF61 #3751BF #BF3795

square

#BFA537 #37BF61 #3751BF #BF3795

split-complementary

#BFA537 #3795BF #6137BF

monochromatic

#60531C #8F7C29 #BFA537 #D2BC62 #DFD091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BFA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA537

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA537	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)

#B6A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf75',
    500: '#bfa537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa537;
$custom-light: #d6bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA537

secondary

#8894CA

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA537

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

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