#BFAC39#BFAC39

#BFAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC39
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -6.07, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 59.08, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0224 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9786, 40.8785, 9.8127)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC39 #394CBF

analogous

#BF6939 #BFAC39 #8FBF39

triadic

#BFAC39 #39BFAC #AC39BF

tetradic

#BFAC39 #39BF69 #394CBF #BF398F

square

#BFAC39 #39BF69 #394CBF #BF398F

split-complementary

#BFAC39 #398FBF #6939BF

monochromatic

#61571D #90822B #BFAC39 #D1C164 #DFD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BFAC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC39

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC39	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c476',
    500: '#bfac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac39;
$custom-light: #d6c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC39

secondary

#8A93CA

accent

#5FDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC39

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

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