#BFAE40#BFAE40

#BFAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE40
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -6.73, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 56.91, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0235 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.13 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5489, 41.7203, 10.9245)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE40 #4051BF

analogous

#BF6F40 #BFAE40 #90BF40

triadic

#BFAE40 #40BFAE #AE40BF

tetradic

#BFAE40 #40BF6F #4051BF #BF4090

square

#BFAE40 #40BF6F #4051BF #BF4090

split-complementary

#BFAE40 #4090BF #6F40BF

monochromatic

#635A21 #918431 #BFAE40 #CEC16E #DED59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BFAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE40

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE40	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57a',
    500: '#bfae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae40;
$custom-light: #d6c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74493,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE40

secondary

#9199CA

accent

#61D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE40

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

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