#BFAE37#BFAE37

#BFAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE37
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -7.22, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 60.49, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0259 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.3132, 41.6260, 9.6829)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE37 #3748BF

analogous

#BF6A37 #BFAE37 #8CBF37

triadic

#BFAE37 #37BFAE #AE37BF

tetradic

#BFAE37 #37BF6A #3748BF #BF378C

square

#BFAE37 #37BF6A #3748BF #BF378C

split-complementary

#BFAE37 #378CBF #6A37BF

monochromatic

#60571C #8F8329 #BFAE37 #D2C462 #DFD691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BFAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE37

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE37	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c575',
    500: '#bfae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae37;
$custom-light: #d6c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE37

secondary

#8890CA

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE37

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

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