#BFA937#BFA937

#BFA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA937
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -4.59, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 58.92, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0184 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.3652, 39.7299, 9.3669)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA937 #374DBF

analogous

#BF6537 #BFA937 #91BF37

triadic

#BFA937 #37BFA9 #A937BF

tetradic

#BFA937 #37BF65 #374DBF #BF3791

square

#BFA937 #37BF65 #374DBF #BF3791

split-complementary

#BFA937 #3791BF #6537BF

monochromatic

#60551C #8F7F29 #BFA937 #D2C062 #DFD391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BFA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA937

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA937	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c275',
    500: '#bfa937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa937;
$custom-light: #d6c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73361,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA937

secondary

#8892CA

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA937

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

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