#BFAC38#BFAC38

#BFAC38 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	#BFAC38
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -6.12, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 59.47, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0226 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9539, 40.8687, 9.6826)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC38 #384BBF

analogous

#BF6938 #BFAC38 #8EBF38

triadic

#BFAC38 #38BFAC #AC38BF

tetradic

#BFAC38 #38BF69 #384BBF #BF388E

square

#BFAC38 #38BF69 #384BBF #BF388E

split-complementary

#BFAC38 #388EBF #6938BF

monochromatic

#60571C #90812A #BFAC38 #D1C263 #DFD492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BFAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC38

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c476',
    500: '#bfac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac38;
$custom-light: #d6c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC38

secondary

#8992CA

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC38

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

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