#BFAE3C#BFAE3C

#BFAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE3C
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 68.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -6.96, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 58.54, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0246 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4392, 41.6764, 10.3464)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE3C #3C4DBF

analogous

#BF6D3C #BFAE3C #8FBF3C

triadic

#BFAE3C #3CBFAE #AE3CBF

tetradic

#BFAE3C #3CBF6D #3C4DBF #BF3C8F

square

#BFAE3C #3CBF6D #3C4DBF #BF3C8F

split-complementary

#BFAE3C #3C8FBF #6D3CBF

monochromatic

#62591F #90842D #BFAE3C #D0C268 #DED597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE3C

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE3C	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c578',
    500: '#bfae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae3c;
$custom-light: #d6c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE3C

secondary

#8D95CA

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE3C

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

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