#BFAD45#BFAD45

#BFAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD45
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -5.90, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 54.44, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0205 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5052, 41.3948, 11.6435)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD45 #4557BF

analogous

#BF7045 #BFAD45 #94BF45

triadic

#BFAD45 #45BFAD #AD45BF

tetradic

#BFAD45 #45BF70 #4557BF #BF4594

square

#BFAD45 #45BF70 #4557BF #BF4594

split-complementary

#BFAD45 #4594BF #7045BF

monochromatic

#665C23 #948633 #BFAD45 #CFC173 #DED5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BFAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD45

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD45	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)

#BDA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57d',
    500: '#bfad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad45;
$custom-light: #d5c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74327,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD45

secondary

#959DCB

accent

#64D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD45

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

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