#BFAE2F#BFAE2F

#BFAE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE2F
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -7.59, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 63.38, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0277 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.141 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1367, 41.5554, 8.7536)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE2F #2F40BF

analogous

#BF662F #BFAE2F #88BF2F

triadic

#BFAE2F #2FBFAE #AE2FBF

tetradic

#BFAE2F #2FBF66 #2F40BF #BF2F88

square

#BFAE2F #2FBF66 #2F40BF #BF2F88

split-complementary

#BFAE2F #2F88BF #662FBF

monochromatic

#5D5517 #8E8123 #BFAE2F #D5C656 #E1D787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BFAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE2F

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE2F	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c571',
    500: '#bfae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae2f;
$custom-light: #d6c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74366,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE2F

secondary

#7F88CB

accent

#57E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE2F

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

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