#BFAC35#BFAC35

#BFAC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC35
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -6.27, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 60.61, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0234 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.136 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8827, 40.8402, 9.3077)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC35 #3548BF

analogous

#BF6735 #BFAC35 #8DBF35

triadic

#BFAC35 #35BFAC #AC35BF

tetradic

#BFAC35 #35BF67 #3548BF #BF358D

square

#BFAC35 #35BF67 #3548BF #BF358D

split-complementary

#BFAC35 #358DBF #6735BF

monochromatic

#5F561A #8F8128 #BFAC35 #D3C35F #E0D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BFAC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC35

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC35	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.136 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c474',
    500: '#bfac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac35;
$custom-light: #d6c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC35

secondary

#858FCA

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC35

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

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