#BFA539#BFA539

#BFA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA539
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -2.36, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 56.94, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0118 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.128 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6813, 38.2839, 9.3802)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA539 #3953BF

analogous

#BF6239 #BFA539 #96BF39

triadic

#BFA539 #39BFA5 #A539BF

tetradic

#BFA539 #39BF62 #3953BF #BF3996

square

#BFA539 #39BF62 #3953BF #BF3996

split-complementary

#BFA539 #3996BF #6239BF

monochromatic

#61541D #907C2B #BFA539 #D1BC64 #DFD093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BFA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA539

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA539	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf76',
    500: '#bfa539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa539;
$custom-light: #d6bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72536,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA539

secondary

#8A96CA

accent

#67DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA539

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

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