#BFAC33#BFAC33

#BFAC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.137 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC33
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -6.36, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 61.35, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0239 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.137 100)
XYZ	xyz(36.8377, 40.8222, 9.0704)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC33 #3346BF

analogous

#BF6633 #BFAC33 #8CBF33

triadic

#BFAC33 #33BFAC #AC33BF

tetradic

#BFAC33 #33BF66 #3346BF #BF338C

square

#BFAC33 #33BF66 #3346BF #BF338C

split-complementary

#BFAC33 #338CBF #6633BF

monochromatic

#5E5519 #8F8126 #BFAC33 #D3C35C #E0D58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BFAC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC33

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC33	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.137 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c473',
    500: '#bfac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac33;
$custom-light: #d6c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73967,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.4082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC33

secondary

#838DCB

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC33

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

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