#BFAF3B#BFAF3B

#BFAF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF3B
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -7.54, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 59.27, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0263 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6069, 42.0537, 10.2731)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF3B #3B4BBF

analogous

#BF6D3B #BFAF3B #8DBF3B

triadic

#BFAF3B #3BBFAF #AF3BBF

tetradic

#BFAF3B #3BBF6D #3B4BBF #BF3B8D

square

#BFAF3B #3BBF6D #3B4BBF #BF3B8D

split-complementary

#BFAF3B #3B8DBF #6D3BBF

monochromatic

#61591E #90842D #BFAF3B #D0C367 #DFD696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BFAF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF3B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF3B	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)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c678',
    500: '#bfaf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf3b;
$custom-light: #d6c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF3B

secondary

#8C93CA

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF3B

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

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