#BFAC37#BFAC37

#BFAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC37
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -6.17, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 59.85, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0229 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9297, 40.8590, 9.5550)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC37 #374ABF

analogous

#BF6837 #BFAC37 #8EBF37

triadic

#BFAC37 #37BFAC #AC37BF

tetradic

#BFAC37 #37BF68 #374ABF #BF378E

square

#BFAC37 #37BF68 #374ABF #BF378E

split-complementary

#BFAC37 #378EBF #6837BF

monochromatic

#60561C #8F8129 #BFAC37 #D2C262 #DFD491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BFAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC37

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c475',
    500: '#bfac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac37;
$custom-light: #d6c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC37

secondary

#8891CA

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC37

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

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