#BFA251#BFA251

#BFA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA251
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 0.80, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 45.43, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0002 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.106 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8930, 37.5130, 13.1331)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA251 #516EBF

analogous

#BF6B51 #BFA251 #A5BF51

triadic

#BFA251 #51BFA2 #A251BF

tetradic

#BFA251 #51BF6B #516EBF #BF51A5

square

#BFA251 #51BF6B #516EBF #BF51A5

split-complementary

#BFA251 #51A5BF #6B51BF

monochromatic

#6D5B28 #9A8039 #BFA251 #CFBA7E #E0D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BFA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BFA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA251

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA251	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd84',
    500: '#bfa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa251;
$custom-light: #d5bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72158,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA251

secondary

#9EABCE

accent

#75D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA251

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

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