#BFAF36#BFAF36

#BFAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF36
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -7.79, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 61.20, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0276 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4834, 42.0043, 9.6226)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF36 #3646BF

analogous

#BF6B36 #BFAF36 #8ABF36

triadic

#BFAF36 #36BFAF #AF36BF

tetradic

#BFAF36 #36BF6B #3646BF #BF368A

square

#BFAF36 #36BF6B #3646BF #BF368A

split-complementary

#BFAF36 #368ABF #6B36BF

monochromatic

#60581B #8F8329 #BFAF36 #D2C560 #E0D690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BFAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF36

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF36	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c675',
    500: '#bfaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf36;
$custom-light: #d6c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74626,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF36

secondary

#878ECA

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF36

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

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