#BFA72E#BFA72E

#BFA72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA72E
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -3.94, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 61.65, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0175 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7996, 38.9129, 8.2095)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA72E #2E46BF

analogous

#BF5F2E #BFA72E #8FBF2E

triadic

#BFA72E #2EBFA7 #A72EBF

tetradic

#BFA72E #2EBF5F #2E46BF #BF2E8F

square

#BFA72E #2EBF5F #2E46BF #BF2E8F

split-complementary

#BFA72E #2E8FBF #5F2EBF

monochromatic

#5C5116 #8E7C22 #BFA72E #D6C054 #E2D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BFA72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA72E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA72E	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)

#B8A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c070',
    500: '#bfa72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa72e;
$custom-light: #d6c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA72E

secondary

#7E8ACB

accent

#5EE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA72E

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

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