#BFA933#BFA933

#BFA933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA933
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -4.78, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 60.43, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0194 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2731, 39.6931, 8.8823)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA933 #3349BF

analogous

#BF6333 #BFA933 #8FBF33

triadic

#BFA933 #33BFA9 #A933BF

tetradic

#BFA933 #33BF63 #3349BF #BF338F

square

#BFA933 #33BF63 #3349BF #BF338F

split-complementary

#BFA933 #338FBF #6333BF

monochromatic

#5E5419 #8F7E26 #BFA933 #D3C15C #E0D38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BFA933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA933

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA933	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c273',
    500: '#bfa933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa933;
$custom-light: #d6c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA933

secondary

#838ECB

accent

#5FE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA933

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

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