#BFA83A#BFA83A

#BFA83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA83A
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -3.91, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 57.43, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0161 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2539, 39.3889, 9.6954)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA83A #3A51BF

analogous

#BF663A #BFA83A #94BF3A

triadic

#BFA83A #3ABFA8 #A83ABF

tetradic

#BFA83A #3ABF66 #3A51BF #BF3A94

square

#BFA83A #3ABF66 #3A51BF #BF3A94

split-complementary

#BFA83A #3A94BF #663ABF

monochromatic

#61551D #907F2C #BFA83A #D0BE66 #DFD295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BFA83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA83A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA83A	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)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c176',
    500: '#bfa83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa83a;
$custom-light: #d6c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA83A

secondary

#8B96CA

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA83A

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

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