#BFAE48#BFAE48

#BFAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE48
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -6.23, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 53.48, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0211 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7931, 41.8180, 12.2106)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE48 #4859BF

analogous

#BF7348 #BFAE48 #94BF48

triadic

#BFAE48 #48BFAE #AE48BF

tetradic

#BFAE48 #48BF73 #4859BF #BF4894

square

#BFAE48 #48BF73 #4859BF #BF4894

split-complementary

#BFAE48 #4894BF #7348BF

monochromatic

#685E24 #968834 #BFAE48 #CFC275 #DFD6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BFAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE48

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE48	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)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57f',
    500: '#bfae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae48;
$custom-light: #d5c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74568,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE48

secondary

#979FCC

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE48

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

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