#BFA53D#BFA53D

#BFA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA53D
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -2.15, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 55.30, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0107 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7850, 38.3254, 9.9266)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA53D #3D57BF

analogous

#BF643D #BFA53D #98BF3D

triadic

#BFA53D #3DBFA5 #A53DBF

tetradic

#BFA53D #3DBF64 #3D57BF #BF3D98

square

#BFA53D #3DBF64 #3D57BF #BF3D98

split-complementary

#BFA53D #3D98BF #643DBF

monochromatic

#62551F #917D2E #BFA53D #CFBB6A #DED098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BFA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BFA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA53D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA53D	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)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf78',
    500: '#bfa53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa53d;
$custom-light: #d6bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA53D

secondary

#8E9ACA

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA53D

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

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