#BFAE47#BFAE47

#BFAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE47
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -6.30, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 53.92, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0214 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7608, 41.8050, 12.0402)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE47 #4758BF

analogous

#BF7247 #BFAE47 #94BF47

triadic

#BFAE47 #47BFAE #AE47BF

tetradic

#BFAE47 #47BF72 #4758BF #BF4794

square

#BFAE47 #47BF72 #4758BF #BF4794

split-complementary

#BFAE47 #4794BF #7247BF

monochromatic

#685E24 #958734 #BFAE47 #CFC274 #DFD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BFAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE47

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE47	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)

#BEA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57f',
    500: '#bfae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae47;
$custom-light: #d5c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE47

secondary

#969ECB

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE47

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

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