#BFA73B#BFA73B

#BFA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA73B
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -3.32, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 56.72, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0143 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0957, 39.0314, 9.7694)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA73B #3B53BF

analogous

#BF653B #BFA73B #95BF3B

triadic

#BFA73B #3BBFA7 #A73BBF

tetradic

#BFA73B #3BBF65 #3B53BF #BF3B95

square

#BFA73B #3BBF65 #3B53BF #BF3B95

split-complementary

#BFA73B #3B95BF #653BBF

monochromatic

#61551E #907E2D #BFA73B #D0BD67 #DFD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BFA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BFA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA73B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA73B	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c077',
    500: '#bfa73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa73b;
$custom-light: #d6c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA73B

secondary

#8C97CA

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA73B

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

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