#BFAE43#BFAE43

#BFAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE43
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 64.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -6.55, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 55.65, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0226 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6366, 41.7554, 11.3862)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE43 #4354BF

analogous

#BF7043 #BFAE43 #92BF43

triadic

#BFAE43 #43BFAE #AE43BF

tetradic

#BFAE43 #43BF70 #4354BF #BF4392

square

#BFAE43 #43BF70 #4354BF #BF4392

split-complementary

#BFAE43 #4392BF #7043BF

monochromatic

#655C22 #938632 #BFAE43 #CFC271 #DED59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE43

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE43	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)

#BEA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57c',
    500: '#bfae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae43;
$custom-light: #d5c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE43

secondary

#939BCA

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE43

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

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