#BFA848#BFA848

#BFA848 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA848
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -3.06, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 51.46, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.012 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.118 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6598, 39.5513, 11.8328)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA848 #485FBF

analogous

#BF6D48 #BFA848 #9BBF48

triadic

#BFA848 #48BFA8 #A848BF

tetradic

#BFA848 #48BF6D #485FBF #BF489B

square

#BFA848 #48BF6D #485FBF #BF489B

split-complementary

#BFA848 #489BBF #6D48BF

monochromatic

#685B24 #968334 #BFA848 #CFBE75 #DFD3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BFA848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BFA848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA848

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA848	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c17f',
    500: '#bfa848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa848;
$custom-light: #d5c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73304,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA848

secondary

#97A1CC

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA848

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

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