#BFAD37#BFAD37

#BFAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD37
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -6.70, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 60.17, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0244 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1207, 41.2410, 9.6187)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD37 #3749BF

analogous

#BF6937 #BFAD37 #8DBF37

triadic

#BFAD37 #37BFAD #AD37BF

tetradic

#BFAD37 #37BF69 #3749BF #BF378D

square

#BFAD37 #37BF69 #3749BF #BF378D

split-complementary

#BFAD37 #378DBF #6937BF

monochromatic

#60571C #8F8229 #BFAD37 #D2C362 #DFD591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BFAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD37

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD37	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)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c575',
    500: '#bfad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad37;
$custom-light: #d6c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74208,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD37

secondary

#8890CA

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD37

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →