#BFA538#BFA538

#BFA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA538
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -2.42, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 57.34, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0121 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6566, 38.2741, 9.2501)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA538 #3852BF

analogous

#BF6138 #BFA538 #95BF38

triadic

#BFA538 #38BFA5 #A538BF

tetradic

#BFA538 #38BF61 #3852BF #BF3895

square

#BFA538 #38BF61 #3852BF #BF3895

split-complementary

#BFA538 #3895BF #6138BF

monochromatic

#60531C #907C2A #BFA538 #D1BC63 #DFD092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BFA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA538

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA538	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf75',
    500: '#bfa538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa538;
$custom-light: #d6bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA538

secondary

#8995CA

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA538

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

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