#BFAF39#BFAF39

#BFAF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF39
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -7.64, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 60.05, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0268 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5560, 42.0334, 10.0051)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF39 #3949BF

analogous

#BF6C39 #BFAF39 #8CBF39

triadic

#BFAF39 #39BFAF #AF39BF

tetradic

#BFAF39 #39BF6C #3949BF #BF398C

square

#BFAF39 #39BF6C #3949BF #BF398C

split-complementary

#BFAF39 #398CBF #6C39BF

monochromatic

#61591D #90842B #BFAF39 #D1C464 #DFD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BFAF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF39

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF39	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c677',
    500: '#bfaf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf39;
$custom-light: #d6c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74648,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF39

secondary

#8A91CA

accent

#5CDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF39

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

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