#BFAD3C#BFAD3C

#BFAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD3C
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 68.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -6.43, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 58.21, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0231 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2467, 41.2914, 10.2822)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD3C #3C4EBF

analogous

#BF6C3C #BFAD3C #90BF3C

triadic

#BFAD3C #3CBFAD #AD3CBF

tetradic

#BFAD3C #3CBF6C #3C4EBF #BF3C90

square

#BFAD3C #3CBF6C #3C4EBF #BF3C90

split-complementary

#BFAD3C #3C90BF #6C3CBF

monochromatic

#62591F #90832D #BFAD3C #D0C268 #DED597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BFAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD3C

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD3C	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)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c578',
    500: '#bfad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad3c;
$custom-light: #d6c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74247,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD3C

secondary

#8D95CA

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD3C

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

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