#BFAD47#BFAD47

#BFAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD47
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -5.77, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 53.57, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0199 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5683, 41.4201, 11.9760)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD47 #4759BF

analogous

#BF7147 #BFAD47 #95BF47

triadic

#BFAD47 #47BFAD #AD47BF

tetradic

#BFAD47 #47BF71 #4759BF #BF4795

square

#BFAD47 #47BF71 #4759BF #BF4795

split-complementary

#BFAD47 #4795BF #7147BF

monochromatic

#685D24 #958634 #BFAD47 #CFC174 #DFD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BFAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD47

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD47	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)

#BDA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57f',
    500: '#bfad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad47;
$custom-light: #d5c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD47

secondary

#969ECB

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD47

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

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