#BFA840#BFA840

#BFA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA840
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -3.57, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 54.95, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0145 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4156, 39.4536, 10.5467)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA840 #4057BF

analogous

#BF6940 #BFA840 #96BF40

triadic

#BFA840 #40BFA8 #A840BF

tetradic

#BFA840 #40BF69 #4057BF #BF4096

square

#BFA840 #40BF69 #4057BF #BF4096

split-complementary

#BFA840 #4096BF #6940BF

monochromatic

#635721 #918031 #BFA840 #CEBD6E #DED29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BFA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BFA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA840

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA840	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c17a',
    500: '#bfa840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa840;
$custom-light: #d6c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA840

secondary

#919BCA

accent

#68D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA840

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

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