#BFA849#BFA849

#BFA849 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA849
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -2.99, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 51.01, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0117 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.118 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6927, 39.5644, 12.0060)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA849 #4960BF

analogous

#BF6D49 #BFA849 #9BBF49

triadic

#BFA849 #49BFA8 #A849BF

tetradic

#BFA849 #49BF6D #4960BF #BF499B

square

#BFA849 #49BF6D #4960BF #BF499B

split-complementary

#BFA849 #499BBF #6D49BF

monochromatic

#695C25 #968335 #BFA849 #CFBE76 #DFD3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BFA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BFA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA849

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA849	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)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c17f',
    500: '#bfa849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa849;
$custom-light: #d5c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73314,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA849

secondary

#98A2CC

accent

#6BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA849

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

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