#BFA738#BFA738

#BFA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA738
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -3.48, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 57.93, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0151 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0202, 39.0012, 9.3713)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA738 #3850BF

analogous

#BF6338 #BFA738 #93BF38

triadic

#BFA738 #38BFA7 #A738BF

tetradic

#BFA738 #38BF63 #3850BF #BF3893

square

#BFA738 #38BF63 #3850BF #BF3893

split-complementary

#BFA738 #3893BF #6338BF

monochromatic

#60541C #907E2A #BFA738 #D1BE63 #DFD192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BFA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA738

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA738	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)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c075',
    500: '#bfa738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa738;
$custom-light: #d6c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA738

secondary

#8994CA

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA738

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

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