#BFA72D#BFA72D

#BFA72D 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	#BFA72D
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -3.99, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 61.99, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0177 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7801, 38.9051, 8.1069)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA72D #2D45BF

analogous

#BF5E2D #BFA72D #8EBF2D

triadic

#BFA72D #2DBFA7 #A72DBF

tetradic

#BFA72D #2DBF5E #2D45BF #BF2D8E

square

#BFA72D #2DBF5E #2D45BF #BF2D8E

split-complementary

#BFA72D #2D8EBF #5E2DBF

monochromatic

#5C5016 #8D7C21 #BFA72D #D6C153 #E2D384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BFA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA72D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA72D	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)

#B8A314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c070',
    500: '#bfa72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa72d;
$custom-light: #d6c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA72D

secondary

#7C89CB

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA72D

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

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