#BFA635#BFA635

#BFA635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA635
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -3.10, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 58.80, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0144 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.131 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7665, 38.6077, 8.9356)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA635 #354EBF

analogous

#BF6135 #BFA635 #93BF35

triadic

#BFA635 #35BFA6 #A635BF

tetradic

#BFA635 #35BF61 #354EBF #BF3593

square

#BFA635 #35BF61 #354EBF #BF3593

split-complementary

#BFA635 #3593BF #6135BF

monochromatic

#5F531A #8F7C28 #BFA635 #D3BE5F #E0D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BFA635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA635

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA635	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c074',
    500: '#bfa635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa635;
$custom-light: #d6c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72715,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA635

secondary

#8592CA

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA635

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

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