#BFA637#BFA637

#BFA637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA637
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -3.00, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 58.02, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0139 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.13 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8135, 38.6265, 9.1830)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA637 #3750BF

analogous

#BF6237 #BFA637 #94BF37

triadic

#BFA637 #37BFA6 #A637BF

tetradic

#BFA637 #37BF62 #3750BF #BF3794

square

#BFA637 #37BF62 #3750BF #BF3794

split-complementary

#BFA637 #3794BF #6237BF

monochromatic

#60531C #8F7D29 #BFA637 #D2BD62 #DFD191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BFA637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA637

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA637	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c075',
    500: '#bfa637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa637;
$custom-light: #d6c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7273,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA637

secondary

#8894CA

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA637

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

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