#BFAE49#BFAE49

#BFAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE49
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -6.16, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 53.03, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0208 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8260, 41.8311, 12.3838)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE49 #495ABF

analogous

#BF7349 #BFAE49 #95BF49

triadic

#BFAE49 #49BFAE #AE49BF

tetradic

#BFAE49 #49BF73 #495ABF #BF4995

square

#BFAE49 #49BF73 #495ABF #BF4995

split-complementary

#BFAE49 #4995BF #7349BF

monochromatic

#695F25 #968835 #BFAE49 #CFC276 #DFD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BFAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE49

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE49	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c580',
    500: '#bfae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae49;
$custom-light: #d5c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74578,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE49

secondary

#989FCC

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE49

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

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