#BFA740#BFA740

#BFA740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA740
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -3.04, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 54.64, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0129 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.124 96)
XYZ	xyz(36.2317, 39.0858, 10.4854)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA740 #4058BF

analogous

#BF6740 #BFA740 #98BF40

triadic

#BFA740 #40BFA7 #A740BF

tetradic

#BFA740 #40BF67 #4058BF #BF4098

square

#BFA740 #40BF67 #4058BF #BF4098

split-complementary

#BFA740 #4098BF #6740BF

monochromatic

#635721 #917F31 #BFA740 #CEBC6E #DED19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BFA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BFA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA740

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA740	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c07a',
    500: '#bfa740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa740;
$custom-light: #d6c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73016,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA740

secondary

#919CCA

accent

#69D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA740

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

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