#BFAF38#BFAF38

#BFAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF38
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -7.69, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 60.44, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0271 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5313, 42.0235, 9.8750)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF38 #3848BF

analogous

#BF6B38 #BFAF38 #8BBF38

triadic

#BFAF38 #38BFAF #AF38BF

tetradic

#BFAF38 #38BF6B #3848BF #BF388B

square

#BFAF38 #38BF6B #3848BF #BF388B

split-complementary

#BFAF38 #388BBF #6B38BF

monochromatic

#60581C #90842A #BFAF38 #D1C463 #DFD692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BFAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF38

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF38	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)

#BFAA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c676',
    500: '#bfaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf38;
$custom-light: #d6c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7464,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF38

secondary

#8990CA

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF38

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

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