#BFA549#BFA549

#BFA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA549
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -1.39, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 50.06, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0071 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.115 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1452, 38.4695, 11.8235)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA549 #4963BF

analogous

#BF6A49 #BFA549 #9EBF49

triadic

#BFA549 #49BFA5 #A549BF

tetradic

#BFA549 #49BF6A #4963BF #BF499E

square

#BFA549 #49BF6A #4963BF #BF499E

split-complementary

#BFA549 #499EBF #6A49BF

monochromatic

#695A25 #968135 #BFA549 #CFBB76 #DFD2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BFA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BFA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA549

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA549	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf7f',
    500: '#bfa549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa549;
$custom-light: #d5bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA549

secondary

#98A3CC

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA549

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

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