#BFA042#BFA042

#BFA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA042
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 0.83, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 51.74, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0016 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.118 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0418, 36.6133, 10.3746)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA042 #4261BF

analogous

#BF6142 #BFA042 #9FBF42

triadic

#BFA042 #42BFA0 #A042BF

tetradic

#BFA042 #42BF61 #4261BF #BF429F

square

#BFA042 #42BF61 #4261BF #BF429F

split-complementary

#BFA042 #429FBF #6142BF

monochromatic

#655422 #927A32 #BFA042 #CEB770 #DECE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BFA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BFA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA042

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA042	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb7b',
    500: '#bfa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa042;
$custom-light: #d6bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71577,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA042

secondary

#93A0CA

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA042

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

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