#BFAD39#BFAD39

#BFAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; 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	#BFAD39
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -6.59, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 59.40, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0239 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1696, 41.2606, 9.8763)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD39 #394BBF

analogous

#BF6A39 #BFAD39 #8EBF39

triadic

#BFAD39 #39BFAD #AD39BF

tetradic

#BFAD39 #39BF6A #394BBF #BF398E

square

#BFAD39 #39BF6A #394BBF #BF398E

split-complementary

#BFAD39 #398EBF #6A39BF

monochromatic

#61581D #90822B #BFAD39 #D1C264 #DFD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BFAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD39

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c576',
    500: '#bfad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad39;
$custom-light: #d6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD39

secondary

#8A92CA

accent

#5EDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD39

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

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