#BFAD43#BFAD43

#BFAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD43
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -6.03, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 55.31, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0211 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4441, 41.3704, 11.3221)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD43 #4355BF

analogous

#BF6F43 #BFAD43 #93BF43

triadic

#BFAD43 #43BFAD #AD43BF

tetradic

#BFAD43 #43BF6F #4355BF #BF4393

square

#BFAD43 #43BF6F #4355BF #BF4393

split-complementary

#BFAD43 #4393BF #6F43BF

monochromatic

#655B22 #938532 #BFAD43 #CFC171 #DED59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BFAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD43

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD43	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BDA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57c',
    500: '#bfad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad43;
$custom-light: #d5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74308,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD43

secondary

#939BCA

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD43

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

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