#BFAC3B#BFAC3B

#BFAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC3B
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -5.96, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 58.29, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0219 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0295, 40.8989, 10.0806)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC3B #3B4EBF

analogous

#BF6A3B #BFAC3B #90BF3B

triadic

#BFAC3B #3BBFAC #AC3BBF

tetradic

#BFAC3B #3BBF6A #3B4EBF #BF3B90

square

#BFAC3B #3BBF6A #3B4EBF #BF3B90

split-complementary

#BFAC3B #3B90BF #6A3BBF

monochromatic

#61581E #90822D #BFAC3B #D0C167 #DFD496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BFAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC3B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC3B	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c477',
    500: '#bfac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac3b;
$custom-light: #d6c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74027,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC3B

secondary

#8C95CA

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC3B

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

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