#BFA62C#BFA62C

#BFA62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA62C
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -3.50, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 62.06, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0164 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5786, 38.5326, 7.9459)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA62C #2C45BF

analogous

#BF5C2C #BFA62C #8EBF2C

triadic

#BFA62C #2CBFA6 #A62CBF

tetradic

#BFA62C #2CBF5C #2C45BF #BF2C8E

square

#BFA62C #2CBF5C #2C45BF #BF2C8E

split-complementary

#BFA62C #2C8EBF #5C2CBF

monochromatic

#5C5015 #8D7B21 #BFA62C #D7C051 #E2D283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BFA62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA62C

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA62C	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c06f',
    500: '#bfa62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa62c;
$custom-light: #d6c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72654,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA62C

secondary

#7B89CC

accent

#5EE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA62C

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

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