#BFAD38#BFAD38

#BFAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD38
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -6.64, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 59.79, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0241 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1449, 41.2507, 9.7462)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD38 #384ABF

analogous

#BF6938 #BFAD38 #8DBF38

triadic

#BFAD38 #38BFAD #AD38BF

tetradic

#BFAD38 #38BF69 #384ABF #BF388D

square

#BFAD38 #38BF69 #384ABF #BF388D

split-complementary

#BFAD38 #388DBF #6938BF

monochromatic

#60571C #90822A #BFAD38 #D1C363 #DFD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BFAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD38

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c576',
    500: '#bfad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad38;
$custom-light: #d6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74215,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD38

secondary

#8991CA

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD38

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

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