#BFAD35#BFAD35

#BFAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD35
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -6.79, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 60.92, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0249 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0737, 41.2223, 9.3714)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD35 #3547BF

analogous

#BF6835 #BFAD35 #8CBF35

triadic

#BFAD35 #35BFAD #AD35BF

tetradic

#BFAD35 #35BF68 #3547BF #BF358C

square

#BFAD35 #35BF68 #3547BF #BF358C

split-complementary

#BFAD35 #358CBF #6835BF

monochromatic

#5F561A #8F8228 #BFAD35 #D3C35F #E0D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BFAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD35

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD35	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)

#BEA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c574',
    500: '#bfad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad35;
$custom-light: #d6c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD35

secondary

#858ECA

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD35

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

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