#BFAE3B#BFAE3B

#BFAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE3B
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -7.01, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 58.94, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0248 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.133 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4130, 41.6659, 10.2085)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE3B #3B4CBF

analogous

#BF6C3B #BFAE3B #8EBF3B

triadic

#BFAE3B #3BBFAE #AE3BBF

tetradic

#BFAE3B #3BBF6C #3B4CBF #BF3B8E

square

#BFAE3B #3BBF6C #3B4CBF #BF3B8E

split-complementary

#BFAE3B #3B8EBF #6C3BBF

monochromatic

#61591E #90832D #BFAE3B #D0C367 #DFD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE3B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE3B	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)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c578',
    500: '#bfae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae3b;
$custom-light: #d6c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74451,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE3B

secondary

#8C94CA

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE3B

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

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