#BFAE42#BFAE42

#BFAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE42
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -6.61, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 56.07, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0229 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6069, 41.7435, 11.2296)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE42 #4253BF

analogous

#BF6F42 #BFAE42 #91BF42

triadic

#BFAE42 #42BFAE #AE42BF

tetradic

#BFAE42 #42BF6F #4253BF #BF4291

square

#BFAE42 #42BF6F #4253BF #BF4291

split-complementary

#BFAE42 #4291BF #6F42BF

monochromatic

#655C22 #928532 #BFAE42 #CEC270 #DED59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE42

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE42	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57c',
    500: '#bfae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae42;
$custom-light: #d5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74511,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE42

secondary

#939ACA

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE42

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

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