#BFA62A#BFA62A

#BFA62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.137 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA62A
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 78%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -3.57, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 62.73, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0168 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.137 97)
XYZ	xyz(35.5419, 38.5179, 7.7527)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA62A #2A43BF

analogous

#BF5B2A #BFA62A #8DBF2A

triadic

#BFA62A #2ABFA6 #A62ABF

tetradic

#BFA62A #2ABF5B #2A43BF #BF2A8D

square

#BFA62A #2ABF5B #2A43BF #BF2A8D

split-complementary

#BFA62A #2A8DBF #5B2ABF

monochromatic

#5B4F14 #8D7A1F #BFA62A #D8C14E #E3D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BFA62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA62A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA62A	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.137 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c06e',
    500: '#bfa62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa62a;
$custom-light: #d7c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72642,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.38516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA62A

secondary

#7987CC

accent

#5DE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA62A

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

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