#BFAC3C#BFAC3C

#BFAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC3C
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 68.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -5.91, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 57.88, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0216 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0557, 40.9094, 10.2185)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC3C #3C4FBF

analogous

#BF6B3C #BFAC3C #91BF3C

triadic

#BFAC3C #3CBFAC #AC3CBF

tetradic

#BFAC3C #3CBF6B #3C4FBF #BF3C91

square

#BFAC3C #3CBF6B #3C4FBF #BF3C91

split-complementary

#BFAC3C #3C91BF #6B3CBF

monochromatic

#62581F #90822D #BFAC3C #D0C168 #DED497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BFAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC3C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC3C	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)

#BCA72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c478',
    500: '#bfac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac3c;
$custom-light: #d6c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74035,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC3C

secondary

#8D96CA

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC3C

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

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