#BFAE38#BFAE38

#BFAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE38
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -7.17, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 60.11, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0256 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3374, 41.6357, 9.8104)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE38 #3849BF

analogous

#BF6A38 #BFAE38 #8CBF38

triadic

#BFAE38 #38BFAE #AE38BF

tetradic

#BFAE38 #38BF6A #3849BF #BF388C

square

#BFAE38 #38BF6A #3849BF #BF388C

split-complementary

#BFAE38 #388CBF #6A38BF

monochromatic

#60581C #90832A #BFAE38 #D1C363 #DFD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE38

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE38	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c576',
    500: '#bfae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae38;
$custom-light: #d6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE38

secondary

#8991CA

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE38

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

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