#BFA838#BFA838

#BFA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA838
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -4.01, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 58.23, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0166 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.131 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2041, 39.3690, 9.4326)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA838 #384FBF

analogous

#BF6438 #BFA838 #92BF38

triadic

#BFA838 #38BFA8 #A838BF

tetradic

#BFA838 #38BF64 #384FBF #BF3892

square

#BFA838 #38BF64 #384FBF #BF3892

split-complementary

#BFA838 #3892BF #6438BF

monochromatic

#60551C #907E2A #BFA838 #D1BE63 #DFD292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BFA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA838

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA838	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c175',
    500: '#bfa838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa838;
$custom-light: #d6c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73158,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA838

secondary

#8994CA

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA838

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

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