#BFA249#BFA249

#BFA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA249
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 0.21, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 49.16, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0025 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.113 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6104, 37.4000, 11.6453)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA249 #4966BF

analogous

#BF6749 #BFA249 #A1BF49

triadic

#BFA249 #49BFA2 #A249BF

tetradic

#BFA249 #49BF67 #4966BF #BF49A1

square

#BFA249 #49BF67 #4966BF #BF49A1

split-complementary

#BFA249 #49A1BF #6749BF

monochromatic

#695825 #967E35 #BFA249 #CFB976 #DFD0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BFA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BFA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA249

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA249	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd7f',
    500: '#bfa249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa249;
$custom-light: #d5bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72064,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA249

secondary

#98A5CC

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA249

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

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