#BFAD40#BFAD40

#BFAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD40
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -6.21, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 56.57, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.022 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3565, 41.3353, 10.8603)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD40 #4052BF

analogous

#BF6D40 #BFAD40 #92BF40

triadic

#BFAD40 #40BFAD #AD40BF

tetradic

#BFAD40 #40BF6D #4052BF #BF4092

square

#BFAD40 #40BF6D #4052BF #BF4092

split-complementary

#BFAD40 #4092BF #6D40BF

monochromatic

#635A21 #918331 #BFAD40 #CEC16E #DED49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BFAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD40

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD40	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57a',
    500: '#bfad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad40;
$custom-light: #d6c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74281,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD40

secondary

#9199CA

accent

#62D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD40

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

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