#BFA82D#BFA82D

#BFA82D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA82D
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -4.51, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 62.28, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0192 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9640, 39.2730, 8.1682)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA82D #2D44BF

analogous

#BF5F2D #BFA82D #8DBF2D

triadic

#BFA82D #2DBFA8 #A82DBF

tetradic

#BFA82D #2DBF5F #2D44BF #BF2D8D

square

#BFA82D #2DBF5F #2D44BF #BF2D8D

split-complementary

#BFA82D #2D8DBF #5F2DBF

monochromatic

#5C5116 #8D7C21 #BFA82D #D6C253 #E2D384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA82D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BFA82D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA82D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA82D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA82D	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)

#B9A413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa82d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c170',
    500: '#bfa82d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa82d;
$custom-light: #d6c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa82d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA82D

secondary

#7C89CB

accent

#5CE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA82D

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

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