#BFAC40#BFAC40

#BFAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC40
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -5.68, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 56.24, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0205 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1654, 40.9533, 10.7966)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC40 #4053BF

analogous

#BF6D40 #BFAC40 #92BF40

triadic

#BFAC40 #40BFAC #AC40BF

tetradic

#BFAC40 #40BF6D #4053BF #BF4092

square

#BFAC40 #40BF6D #4053BF #BF4092

split-complementary

#BFAC40 #4092BF #6D40BF

monochromatic

#635921 #918331 #BFAC40 #CEC06E #DED49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BFAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC40

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC40	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c47a',
    500: '#bfac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac40;
$custom-light: #d6c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74069,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC40

secondary

#9199CA

accent

#63D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC40

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

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