#BFAE44#BFAE44

#BFAE44 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	#BFAE44
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 64.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -6.49, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 55.22, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0223 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6669, 41.7675, 11.5456)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE44 #4455BF

analogous

#BF7044 #BFAE44 #92BF44

triadic

#BFAE44 #44BFAE #AE44BF

tetradic

#BFAE44 #44BF70 #4455BF #BF4492

square

#BFAE44 #44BF70 #4455BF #BF4492

split-complementary

#BFAE44 #4492BF #7044BF

monochromatic

#665D23 #938632 #BFAE44 #CFC272 #DED59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE44

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE44	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)

#BEA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57d',
    500: '#bfae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae44;
$custom-light: #d5c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74529,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE44

secondary

#949CCB

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE44

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

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