#BFAD36#BFAD36

#BFAD36 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 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD36
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -6.74, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 60.55, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0246 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0970, 41.2316, 9.4938)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD36 #3648BF

analogous

#BF6936 #BFAD36 #8CBF36

triadic

#BFAD36 #36BFAD #AD36BF

tetradic

#BFAD36 #36BF69 #3648BF #BF368C

square

#BFAD36 #36BF69 #3648BF #BF368C

split-complementary

#BFAD36 #368CBF #6936BF

monochromatic

#60571B #8F8229 #BFAD36 #D2C360 #E0D590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BFAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD36

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD36	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c575',
    500: '#bfad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad36;
$custom-light: #d6c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.742,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD36

secondary

#878FCA

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD36

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

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