#BFAD2E#BFAD2E

#BFAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD2E
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -7.10, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 63.41, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0265 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9243, 41.1625, 8.5845)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD2E #2E40BF

analogous

#BF652E #BFAD2E #89BF2E

triadic

#BFAD2E #2EBFAD #AD2EBF

tetradic

#BFAD2E #2EBF65 #2E40BF #BF2E89

square

#BFAD2E #2EBF65 #2E40BF #BF2E89

split-complementary

#BFAD2E #2E89BF #652EBF

monochromatic

#5C5416 #8E8022 #BFAD2E #D6C654 #E2D686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BFAD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD2E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD2E	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c571',
    500: '#bfad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad2e;
$custom-light: #d6c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74147,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD2E

secondary

#7E87CB

accent

#57E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD2E

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

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