#BFA829#BFA829

#BFA829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA829
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 78.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -4.67, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 63.60, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.02 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8906, 39.2436, 7.7817)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA829 #2940BF

analogous

#BF5D29 #BFA829 #8BBF29

triadic

#BFA829 #29BFA8 #A829BF

tetradic

#BFA829 #29BF5D #2940BF #BF298B

square

#BFA829 #29BF5D #2940BF #BF298B

split-complementary

#BFA829 #298BBF #5D29BF

monochromatic

#5A4F13 #8D7C1E #BFA829 #D9C34D #E4D47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BFA829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA829

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA829	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c16e',
    500: '#bfa829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa829;
$custom-light: #d7c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73058,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA829

secondary

#7885CC

accent

#5AE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF7EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA829

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

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