#BFA839#BFA839

#BFA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA839
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -3.96, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 57.83, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0164 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2288, 39.3789, 9.5627)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA839 #3950BF

analogous

#BF6539 #BFA839 #93BF39

triadic

#BFA839 #39BFA8 #A839BF

tetradic

#BFA839 #39BF65 #3950BF #BF3993

square

#BFA839 #39BF65 #3950BF #BF3993

split-complementary

#BFA839 #3993BF #6539BF

monochromatic

#61551D #907F2B #BFA839 #D1BE64 #DFD293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BFA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA839

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA839	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c176',
    500: '#bfa839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa839;
$custom-light: #d6c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73166,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA839

secondary

#8A95CA

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA839

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →