#BFAD3B#BFAD3B

#BFAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD3B
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -6.49, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 58.61, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0234 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2205, 41.2810, 10.1443)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD3B #3B4DBF

analogous

#BF6B3B #BFAD3B #8FBF3B

triadic

#BFAD3B #3BBFAD #AD3BBF

tetradic

#BFAD3B #3BBF6B #3B4DBF #BF3B8F

square

#BFAD3B #3BBF6B #3B4DBF #BF3B8F

split-complementary

#BFAD3B #3B8FBF #6B3BBF

monochromatic

#61581E #90832D #BFAD3B #D0C267 #DFD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BFAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD3B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD3B	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c578',
    500: '#bfad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad3b;
$custom-light: #d6c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD3B

secondary

#8C94CA

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD3B

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

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