#BFA72F#BFA72F

#BFA72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA72F
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -3.90, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 61.30, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0173 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8195, 38.9209, 8.3146)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA72F #2F47BF

analogous

#BF5F2F #BFA72F #8FBF2F

triadic

#BFA72F #2FBFA7 #A72FBF

tetradic

#BFA72F #2FBF5F #2F47BF #BF2F8F

square

#BFA72F #2FBF5F #2F47BF #BF2F8F

split-complementary

#BFA72F #2F8FBF #5F2FBF

monochromatic

#5D5117 #8E7C23 #BFA72F #D5C056 #E1D287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BFA72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA72F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA72F	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)

#B8A318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c071',
    500: '#bfa72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa72f;
$custom-light: #d6c071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA72F

secondary

#7F8BCB

accent

#5FE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA72F

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

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