#BFA736#BFA736

#BFA736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA736
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -3.58, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 58.71, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0156 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9722, 38.9820, 9.1188)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA736 #364EBF

analogous

#BF6236 #BFA736 #92BF36

triadic

#BFA736 #36BFA7 #A736BF

tetradic

#BFA736 #36BF62 #364EBF #BF3692

square

#BFA736 #36BF62 #364EBF #BF3692

split-complementary

#BFA736 #3692BF #6236BF

monochromatic

#60541B #8F7D29 #BFA736 #D2BE60 #E0D290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BFA736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA736

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA736	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c074',
    500: '#bfa736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa736;
$custom-light: #d6c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA736

secondary

#8792CA

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA736

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

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