#BFA551#BFA551

#BFA551 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA551
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -0.81, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 46.34, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0044 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.108 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4277, 38.5825, 13.3114)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA551 #516BBF

analogous

#BF6E51 #BFA551 #A2BF51

triadic

#BFA551 #51BFA5 #A551BF

tetradic

#BFA551 #51BF6E #516BBF #BF51A2

square

#BFA551 #51BF6E #516BBF #BF51A2

split-complementary

#BFA551 #51A2BF #6E51BF

monochromatic

#6D5D28 #9A8339 #BFA551 #CFBC7E #E0D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BFA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA551

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA551	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf84',
    500: '#bfa551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa551;
$custom-light: #d5bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA551

secondary

#9EA9CE

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA551

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

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