#BFAE45#BFAE45

#BFAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE45
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -6.43, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 54.79, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.022 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6976, 41.7798, 11.7077)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE45 #4556BF

analogous

#BF7145 #BFAE45 #93BF45

triadic

#BFAE45 #45BFAE #AE45BF

tetradic

#BFAE45 #45BF71 #4556BF #BF4593

square

#BFAE45 #45BF71 #4556BF #BF4593

split-complementary

#BFAE45 #4593BF #7145BF

monochromatic

#665D23 #948633 #BFAE45 #CFC273 #DED6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BFAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE45

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE45	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57d',
    500: '#bfae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae45;
$custom-light: #d5c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74539,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE45

secondary

#959CCB

accent

#63D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE45

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

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