#BFA83B#BFA83B

#BFA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA83B
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -3.85, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 57.03, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0158 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.128 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2796, 39.3992, 9.8307)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA83B #3B52BF

analogous

#BF663B #BFA83B #94BF3B

triadic

#BFA83B #3BBFA8 #A83BBF

tetradic

#BFA83B #3BBF66 #3B52BF #BF3B94

square

#BFA83B #3BBF66 #3B52BF #BF3B94

split-complementary

#BFA83B #3B94BF #663BBF

monochromatic

#61561E #907F2D #BFA83B #D0BE67 #DFD296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BFA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA83B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA83B	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)

#B9A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c177',
    500: '#bfa83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa83b;
$custom-light: #d6c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73182,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA83B

secondary

#8C97CA

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA83B

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

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