#BFA82E#BFA82E

#BFA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA82E
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -4.47, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 61.93, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.019 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.9835, 39.2807, 8.2708)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA82E #2E45BF

analogous

#BF602E #BFA82E #8EBF2E

triadic

#BFA82E #2EBFA8 #A82EBF

tetradic

#BFA82E #2EBF60 #2E45BF #BF2E8E

square

#BFA82E #2EBF60 #2E45BF #BF2E8E

split-complementary

#BFA82E #2E8EBF #602EBF

monochromatic

#5C5116 #8E7D22 #BFA82E #D6C154 #E2D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BFA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA82E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA82E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c170',
    500: '#bfa82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa82e;
$custom-light: #d6c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA82E

secondary

#7E8ACB

accent

#5DE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA82E

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

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