#BFA636#BFA636

#BFA636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA636
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -3.05, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 58.41, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0141 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7897, 38.6170, 9.0580)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA636 #364FBF

analogous

#BF6136 #BFA636 #93BF36

triadic

#BFA636 #36BFA6 #A636BF

tetradic

#BFA636 #36BF61 #364FBF #BF3693

square

#BFA636 #36BF61 #364FBF #BF3693

split-complementary

#BFA636 #3693BF #6136BF

monochromatic

#60531B #8F7D29 #BFA636 #D2BD60 #E0D190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BFA636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA636

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA636	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)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c074',
    500: '#bfa636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa636;
$custom-light: #d6c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA636

secondary

#8793CA

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA636

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

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