#BFA541#BFA541

#BFA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA541
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -1.91, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 53.61, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0096 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.122 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8968, 38.3702, 10.5154)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA541 #415BBF

analogous

#BF6641 #BFA541 #9ABF41

triadic

#BFA541 #41BFA5 #A541BF

tetradic

#BFA541 #41BF66 #415BBF #BF419A

square

#BFA541 #41BF66 #415BBF #BF419A

split-complementary

#BFA541 #419ABF #6641BF

monochromatic

#645622 #927E31 #BFA541 #CEBB6F #DED09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BFA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BFA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA541

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA541	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)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf7a',
    500: '#bfa541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa541;
$custom-light: #d6bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA541

secondary

#929DCA

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA541

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

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