#BFA651#BFA651

#BFA651 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA651
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -1.34, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 46.66, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.006 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.109 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6088, 38.9447, 13.3717)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA651 #516ABF

analogous

#BF6F51 #BFA651 #A1BF51

triadic

#BFA651 #51BFA6 #A651BF

tetradic

#BFA651 #51BF6F #516ABF #BF51A1

square

#BFA651 #51BF6F #516ABF #BF51A1

split-complementary

#BFA651 #51A1BF #6F51BF

monochromatic

#6D5E28 #9A8439 #BFA651 #CFBD7E #E0D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BFA651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA651

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA651	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c084',
    500: '#bfa651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa651;
$custom-light: #d5c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA651

secondary

#9EA9CE

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA651

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

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