#BFA82B#BFA82B

#BFA82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA82B
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -4.59, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 62.95, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0196 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9264, 39.2579, 7.9702)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA82B #2B42BF

analogous

#BF5E2B #BFA82B #8CBF2B

triadic

#BFA82B #2BBFA8 #A82BBF

tetradic

#BFA82B #2BBF5E #2B42BF #BF2B8C

square

#BFA82B #2BBF5E #2B42BF #BF2B8C

split-complementary

#BFA82B #2B8CBF #5E2BBF

monochromatic

#5B5015 #8D7C20 #BFA82B #D8C250 #E3D482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BFA82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA82B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA82B	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)

#B9A40E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c16f',
    500: '#bfa82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa82b;
$custom-light: #d6c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA82B

secondary

#7A87CC

accent

#5BE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA82B

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

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