#BFA835#BFA835

#BFA835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA835
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -4.16, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 59.39, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0174 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1329, 39.3405, 9.0577)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA835 #354CBF

analogous

#BF6335 #BFA835 #91BF35

triadic

#BFA835 #35BFA8 #A835BF

tetradic

#BFA835 #35BF63 #354CBF #BF3591

square

#BFA835 #35BF63 #354CBF #BF3591

split-complementary

#BFA835 #3591BF #6335BF

monochromatic

#5F541A #8F7E28 #BFA835 #D3BF5F #E0D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BFA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA835

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA835	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c174',
    500: '#bfa835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa835;
$custom-light: #d6c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA835

secondary

#8591CA

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA835

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

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