#BFAD44#BFAD44

#BFAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD44
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -5.96, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 54.88, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0208 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4744, 41.3825, 11.4814)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD44 #4456BF

analogous

#BF7044 #BFAD44 #93BF44

triadic

#BFAD44 #44BFAD #AD44BF

tetradic

#BFAD44 #44BF70 #4456BF #BF4493

square

#BFAD44 #44BF70 #4456BF #BF4493

split-complementary

#BFAD44 #4493BF #7044BF

monochromatic

#665C23 #938532 #BFAD44 #CFC172 #DED59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BFAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD44

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD44	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57d',
    500: '#bfad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad44;
$custom-light: #d5c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74317,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD44

secondary

#949CCB

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD44

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

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