#BFA72A#BFA72A

#BFA72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA72A
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 78%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -4.10, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 63.00, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0184 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7244, 38.8829, 7.8135)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA72A #2A42BF

analogous

#BF5D2A #BFA72A #8CBF2A

triadic

#BFA72A #2ABFA7 #A72ABF

tetradic

#BFA72A #2ABF5D #2A42BF #BF2A8C

square

#BFA72A #2ABF5D #2A42BF #BF2A8C

split-complementary

#BFA72A #2A8CBF #5D2ABF

monochromatic

#5B4F14 #8D7B1F #BFA72A #D8C24E #E3D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BFA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA72A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA72A	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c06e',
    500: '#bfa72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa72a;
$custom-light: #d7c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA72A

secondary

#7986CC

accent

#5CE741

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA72A

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

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