#BFA938#BFA938

#BFA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA938
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -4.54, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 58.53, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0181 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3894, 39.7396, 9.4944)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA938 #384EBF

analogous

#BF6538 #BFA938 #91BF38

triadic

#BFA938 #38BFA9 #A938BF

tetradic

#BFA938 #38BF65 #384EBF #BF3891

square

#BFA938 #38BF65 #384EBF #BF3891

split-complementary

#BFA938 #3891BF #6538BF

monochromatic

#60551C #907F2A #BFA938 #D1BF63 #DFD392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BFA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA938

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA938	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c275',
    500: '#bfa938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa938;
$custom-light: #d6c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA938

secondary

#8993CA

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA938

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

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