#BFA833#BFA833

#BFA833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA833
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -4.25, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 60.14, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0179 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0878, 39.3225, 8.8205)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA833 #334ABF

analogous

#BF6233 #BFA833 #90BF33

triadic

#BFA833 #33BFA8 #A833BF

tetradic

#BFA833 #33BF62 #334ABF #BF3390

square

#BFA833 #33BF62 #334ABF #BF3390

split-complementary

#BFA833 #3390BF #6233BF

monochromatic

#5E5319 #8F7E26 #BFA833 #D3C05C #E0D28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BFA833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA833

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA833	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c173',
    500: '#bfa833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa833;
$custom-light: #d6c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA833

secondary

#838FCB

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA833

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

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