#BFA540#BFA540

#BFA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.123 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA540
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -1.97, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 54.04, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0099 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.123 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8681, 38.3587, 10.3642)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA540 #405ABF

analogous

#BF6640 #BFA540 #99BF40

triadic

#BFA540 #40BFA5 #A540BF

tetradic

#BFA540 #40BF66 #405ABF #BF4099

square

#BFA540 #40BF66 #405ABF #BF4099

split-complementary

#BFA540 #4099BF #6640BF

monochromatic

#635621 #917D31 #BFA540 #CEBB6E #DED09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BFA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BFA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA540

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA540	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.123 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf7a',
    500: '#bfa540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa540;
$custom-light: #d6bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72597,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA540

secondary

#919DCA

accent

#6BD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA540

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

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