#BFA82A#BFA82A

#BFA82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA82A
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 78%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -4.63, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 63.28, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0198 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.139 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9083, 39.2507, 7.8748)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA82A #2A41BF

analogous

#BF5D2A #BFA82A #8BBF2A

triadic

#BFA82A #2ABFA8 #A82ABF

tetradic

#BFA82A #2ABF5D #2A41BF #BF2A8B

square

#BFA82A #2ABF5D #2A41BF #BF2A8B

split-complementary

#BFA82A #2A8BBF #5D2ABF

monochromatic

#5B5014 #8D7C1F #BFA82A #D8C34E #E3D480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BFA82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA82A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA82A	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)

#B9A40B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c16e',
    500: '#bfa82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa82a;
$custom-light: #d6c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA82A

secondary

#7986CC

accent

#5AE741

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA82A

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

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