#BFA735#BFA735

#BFA735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA735
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -3.63, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 59.09, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0159 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.132 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9490, 38.9727, 8.9964)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA735 #354DBF

analogous

#BF6235 #BFA735 #92BF35

triadic

#BFA735 #35BFA7 #A735BF

tetradic

#BFA735 #35BF62 #354DBF #BF3592

square

#BFA735 #35BF62 #354DBF #BF3592

split-complementary

#BFA735 #3592BF #6235BF

monochromatic

#5F531A #8F7D28 #BFA735 #D3BE5F #E0D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BFA735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA735

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA735	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c074',
    500: '#bfa735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa735;
$custom-light: #d6c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA735

secondary

#8591CA

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA735

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

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