#BFA642#BFA642

#BFA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA642
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -2.38, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 53.48, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0108 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.122 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1071, 38.7440, 10.7297)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA642 #425BBF

analogous

#BF6742 #BFA642 #99BF42

triadic

#BFA642 #42BFA6 #A642BF

tetradic

#BFA642 #42BF67 #425BBF #BF4299

square

#BFA642 #42BF67 #425BBF #BF4299

split-complementary

#BFA642 #4299BF #6742BF

monochromatic

#655722 #927F32 #BFA642 #CEBC70 #DED19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BFA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BFA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA642

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA642	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c07b',
    500: '#bfa642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa642;
$custom-light: #d6c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72825,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA642

secondary

#939ECA

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA642

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

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