#BFA53B#BFA53B

#BFA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.126 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA53B
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -2.26, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 56.13, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0113 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.126 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7322, 38.3043, 9.6482)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA53B #3B55BF

analogous

#BF633B #BFA53B #97BF3B

triadic

#BFA53B #3BBFA5 #A53BBF

tetradic

#BFA53B #3BBF63 #3B55BF #BF3B97

square

#BFA53B #3BBF63 #3B55BF #BF3B97

split-complementary

#BFA53B #3B97BF #633BBF

monochromatic

#61541E #907D2D #BFA53B #D0BB67 #DFD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BFA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BFA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA53B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA53B	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.126 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf77',
    500: '#bfa53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa53b;
$custom-light: #d6bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72553,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA53B

secondary

#8C98CA

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA53B

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

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