#BFAE39#BFAE39

#BFAE39 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	#BFAE39
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -7.12, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 59.72, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0254 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3621, 41.6455, 9.9405)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE39 #394ABF

analogous

#BF6B39 #BFAE39 #8DBF39

triadic

#BFAE39 #39BFAE #AE39BF

tetradic

#BFAE39 #39BF6B #394ABF #BF398D

square

#BFAE39 #39BF6B #394ABF #BF398D

split-complementary

#BFAE39 #398DBF #6B39BF

monochromatic

#61581D #90832B #BFAE39 #D1C364 #DFD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE39

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE39	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)

#BEA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c576',
    500: '#bfae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae39;
$custom-light: #d6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74435,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE39

secondary

#8A92CA

accent

#5DDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE39

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

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