#BFA939#BFA939

#BFA939 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	#BFA939
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -4.49, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 58.13, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0179 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4141, 39.7495, 9.6245)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA939 #394FBF

analogous

#BF6639 #BFA939 #92BF39

triadic

#BFA939 #39BFA9 #A939BF

tetradic

#BFA939 #39BF66 #394FBF #BF3992

square

#BFA939 #39BF66 #394FBF #BF3992

split-complementary

#BFA939 #3992BF #6639BF

monochromatic

#61561D #907F2B #BFA939 #D1BF64 #DFD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BFA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA939

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA939	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)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c276',
    500: '#bfa939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa939;
$custom-light: #d6c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA939

secondary

#8A94CA

accent

#63DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA939

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

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