#BFA837#BFA837

#BFA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA837
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -4.06, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 58.62, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0169 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1798, 39.3593, 9.3051)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA837 #374EBF

analogous

#BF6437 #BFA837 #92BF37

triadic

#BFA837 #37BFA8 #A837BF

tetradic

#BFA837 #37BF64 #374EBF #BF3792

square

#BFA837 #37BF64 #374EBF #BF3792

split-complementary

#BFA837 #3792BF #6437BF

monochromatic

#60541C #8F7E29 #BFA837 #D2BF62 #DFD291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BFA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA837

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA837	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c175',
    500: '#bfa837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa837;
$custom-light: #d6c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA837

secondary

#8893CA

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA837

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

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