#BFA936#BFA936

#BFA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.133 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA936
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -4.64, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 59.30, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0187 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.133 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3414, 39.7205, 9.2419)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA936 #364CBF

analogous

#BF6436 #BFA936 #90BF36

triadic

#BFA936 #36BFA9 #A936BF

tetradic

#BFA936 #36BF64 #364CBF #BF3690

square

#BFA936 #36BF64 #364CBF #BF3690

split-complementary

#BFA936 #3690BF #6436BF

monochromatic

#60551B #8F7F29 #BFA936 #D2C060 #E0D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BFA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA936

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA936	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.133 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c274',
    500: '#bfa936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa936;
$custom-light: #d6c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA936

secondary

#8791CA

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA936

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

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