#BFA72C#BFA72C

#BFA72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA72C
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -4.03, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 62.33, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0179 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7611, 38.8975, 8.0067)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA72C #2C44BF

analogous

#BF5D2C #BFA72C #8DBF2C

triadic

#BFA72C #2CBFA7 #A72CBF

tetradic

#BFA72C #2CBF5D #2C44BF #BF2C8D

square

#BFA72C #2CBF5D #2C44BF #BF2C8D

split-complementary

#BFA72C #2C8DBF #5D2CBF

monochromatic

#5C5015 #8D7C21 #BFA72C #D7C151 #E2D383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BFA72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA72C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA72C	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)

#B8A312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c06f',
    500: '#bfa72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa72c;
$custom-light: #d6c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA72C

secondary

#7B88CC

accent

#5DE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA72C

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

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