#BFAD33#BFAD33

#BFAD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD33
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -6.89, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 61.66, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0253 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0287, 41.2042, 9.1341)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD33 #3345BF

analogous

#BF6733 #BFAD33 #8BBF33

triadic

#BFAD33 #33BFAD #AD33BF

tetradic

#BFAD33 #33BF67 #3345BF #BF338B

square

#BFAD33 #33BF67 #3345BF #BF338B

split-complementary

#BFAD33 #338BBF #6733BF

monochromatic

#5E5519 #8F8126 #BFAD33 #D3C45C #E0D58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BFAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD33

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD33	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c573',
    500: '#bfad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad33;
$custom-light: #d6c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74179,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD33

secondary

#838CCB

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD33

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

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