#BFAD41#BFAD41

#BFAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD41
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -6.15, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 56.15, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0217 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3852, 41.3468, 11.0115)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD41 #4153BF

analogous

#BF6E41 #BFAD41 #92BF41

triadic

#BFAD41 #41BFAD #AD41BF

tetradic

#BFAD41 #41BF6E #4153BF #BF4192

square

#BFAD41 #41BF6E #4153BF #BF4192

split-complementary

#BFAD41 #4192BF #6E41BF

monochromatic

#645A22 #928431 #BFAD41 #CEC16F #DED59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BFAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD41

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD41	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)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57b',
    500: '#bfad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad41;
$custom-light: #d6c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7429,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD41

secondary

#929ACA

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD41

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

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