#BFA72B#BFA72B

#BFA72B 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	#BFA72B
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -4.06, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 62.67, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0181 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7425, 38.8901, 7.9089)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA72B #2B43BF

analogous

#BF5D2B #BFA72B #8DBF2B

triadic

#BFA72B #2BBFA7 #A72BBF

tetradic

#BFA72B #2BBF5D #2B43BF #BF2B8D

square

#BFA72B #2BBF5D #2B43BF #BF2B8D

split-complementary

#BFA72B #2B8DBF #5D2BBF

monochromatic

#5B5015 #8D7B20 #BFA72B #D8C150 #E3D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BFA72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA72B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA72B	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)

#B8A30F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c06f',
    500: '#bfa72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa72b;
$custom-light: #d6c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA72B

secondary

#7A87CC

accent

#5CE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA72B

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

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