#BFAF37#BFAF37

#BFAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF37
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -7.74, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 60.82, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0273 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5071, 42.0138, 9.7475)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF37 #3747BF

analogous

#BF6B37 #BFAF37 #8BBF37

triadic

#BFAF37 #37BFAF #AF37BF

tetradic

#BFAF37 #37BF6B #3747BF #BF378B

square

#BFAF37 #37BF6B #3747BF #BF378B

split-complementary

#BFAF37 #378BBF #6B37BF

monochromatic

#60581C #8F8329 #BFAF37 #D2C462 #DFD691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BFAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF37

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF37	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)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c676',
    500: '#bfaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf37;
$custom-light: #d6c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF37

secondary

#888FCA

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF37

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

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