#BFA940#BFA940

#BFA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA940
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -4.10, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 55.27, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.016 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6009, 39.8242, 10.6085)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA940 #4056BF

analogous

#BF6940 #BFA940 #96BF40

triadic

#BFA940 #40BFA9 #A940BF

tetradic

#BFA940 #40BF69 #4056BF #BF4096

square

#BFA940 #40BF69 #4056BF #BF4096

split-complementary

#BFA940 #4096BF #6940BF

monochromatic

#635821 #918031 #BFA940 #CEBE6E #DED29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BFA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BFA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA940

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA940	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c27a',
    500: '#bfa940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa940;
$custom-light: #d6c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73436,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA940

secondary

#919BCA

accent

#67D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA940

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

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