#BFA737#BFA737

#BFA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA737
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -3.53, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 58.32, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0154 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9959, 38.9915, 9.2438)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA737 #374FBF

analogous

#BF6337 #BFA737 #93BF37

triadic

#BFA737 #37BFA7 #A737BF

tetradic

#BFA737 #37BF63 #374FBF #BF3793

square

#BFA737 #37BF63 #374FBF #BF3793

split-complementary

#BFA737 #3793BF #6337BF

monochromatic

#60541C #8F7D29 #BFA737 #D2BE62 #DFD291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BFA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA737

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA737	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c075',
    500: '#bfa737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa737;
$custom-light: #d6c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA737

secondary

#8893CA

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA737

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

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