#BFA935#BFA935

#BFA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA935
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -4.69, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 59.69, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0189 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3182, 39.7112, 9.1195)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA935 #354BBF

analogous

#BF6435 #BFA935 #90BF35

triadic

#BFA935 #35BFA9 #A935BF

tetradic

#BFA935 #35BF64 #354BBF #BF3590

square

#BFA935 #35BF64 #354BBF #BF3590

split-complementary

#BFA935 #3590BF #6435BF

monochromatic

#5F541A #8F7F28 #BFA935 #D3C05F #E0D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BFA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA935

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA935	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)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c274',
    500: '#bfa935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa935;
$custom-light: #d6c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73346,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA935

secondary

#8590CA

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA935

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

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