#BFAD3A#BFAD3A

#BFAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD3A
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -6.54, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 59.01, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0236 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1948, 41.2707, 10.0090)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD3A #3A4CBF

analogous

#BF6B3A #BFAD3A #8FBF3A

triadic

#BFAD3A #3ABFAD #AD3ABF

tetradic

#BFAD3A #3ABF6B #3A4CBF #BF3A8F

square

#BFAD3A #3ABF6B #3A4CBF #BF3A8F

split-complementary

#BFAD3A #3A8FBF #6B3ABF

monochromatic

#61581D #90822C #BFAD3A #D0C266 #DFD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BFAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD3A

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD3A	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)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c577',
    500: '#bfad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad3a;
$custom-light: #d6c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74231,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD3A

secondary

#8B93CA

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD3A

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

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