#BFAF40#BFAF40

#BFAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF40
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -7.26, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 57.25, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.025 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.7428, 42.1081, 10.9891)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF40 #4050BF

analogous

#BF7040 #BFAF40 #8FBF40

triadic

#BFAF40 #40BFAF #AF40BF

tetradic

#BFAF40 #40BF70 #4050BF #BF408F

square

#BFAF40 #40BF70 #4050BF #BF408F

split-complementary

#BFAF40 #408FBF #7040BF

monochromatic

#635B21 #918531 #BFAF40 #CEC26E #DED59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BFAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF40

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF40	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c67b',
    500: '#bfaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf40;
$custom-light: #d6c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74705,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.42106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF40

secondary

#9198CA

accent

#60D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF40

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

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