#BFAE3A#BFAE3A

#BFAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE3A
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -7.07, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 59.33, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0251 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3873, 41.6556, 10.0732)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE3A #3A4BBF

analogous

#BF6C3A #BFAE3A #8EBF3A

triadic

#BFAE3A #3ABFAE #AE3ABF

tetradic

#BFAE3A #3ABF6C #3A4BBF #BF3A8E

square

#BFAE3A #3ABF6C #3A4BBF #BF3A8E

split-complementary

#BFAE3A #3A8EBF #6C3ABF

monochromatic

#61581D #90832C #BFAE3A #D0C366 #DFD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE3A

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE3A	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)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c577',
    500: '#bfae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae3a;
$custom-light: #d6c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74443,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE3A

secondary

#8B93CA

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE3A

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

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