#BFA751#BFA751

#BFA751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA751
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -1.88, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 46.98, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0075 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.11 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7913, 39.3096, 13.4326)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA751 #5169BF

analogous

#BF7051 #BFA751 #A0BF51

triadic

#BFA751 #51BFA7 #A751BF

tetradic

#BFA751 #51BF70 #5169BF #BF51A0

square

#BFA751 #51BF70 #5169BF #BF51A0

split-complementary

#BFA751 #51A0BF #7051BF

monochromatic

#6D5E28 #9A8539 #BFA751 #CFBE7E #E0D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BFA751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BFA751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA751

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA751	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c084',
    500: '#bfa751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa751;
$custom-light: #d5c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA751

secondary

#9EA9CE

accent

#6FD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA751

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

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