#BFAC36#BFAC36

#BFAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC36
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -6.22, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 60.23, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0231 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9060, 40.8495, 9.4301)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC36 #3649BF

analogous

#BF6836 #BFAC36 #8DBF36

triadic

#BFAC36 #36BFAC #AC36BF

tetradic

#BFAC36 #36BF68 #3649BF #BF368D

square

#BFAC36 #36BF68 #3649BF #BF368D

split-complementary

#BFAC36 #368DBF #6836BF

monochromatic

#60561B #8F8129 #BFAC36 #D2C260 #E0D590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BFAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC36

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC36	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)

#BDA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c475',
    500: '#bfac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac36;
$custom-light: #d6c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC36

secondary

#8790CA

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC36

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

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