#BFA638#BFA638

#BFA638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA638
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -2.95, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 57.63, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0136 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8377, 38.6362, 9.3105)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA638 #3851BF

analogous

#BF6238 #BFA638 #94BF38

triadic

#BFA638 #38BFA6 #A638BF

tetradic

#BFA638 #38BF62 #3851BF #BF3894

square

#BFA638 #38BF62 #3851BF #BF3894

split-complementary

#BFA638 #3894BF #6238BF

monochromatic

#60541C #907D2A #BFA638 #D1BD63 #DFD192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BFA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA638

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA638	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)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c075',
    500: '#bfa638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa638;
$custom-light: #d6c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72738,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA638

secondary

#8995CA

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA638

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

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