#BFA853#BFA853

#BFA853 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA853
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -2.25, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 46.36, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0084 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.109 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0513, 39.7079, 13.8947)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA853 #536ABF

analogous

#BF7253 #BFA853 #A0BF53

triadic

#BFA853 #53BFA8 #A853BF

tetradic

#BFA853 #53BF72 #536ABF #BF53A0

square

#BFA853 #53BF72 #536ABF #BF53A0

split-complementary

#BFA853 #53A0BF #7253BF

monochromatic

#6E6029 #9B863A #BFA853 #D0BF80 #E0D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BFA853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA853

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA853	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c186',
    500: '#bfa853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa853;
$custom-light: #d5c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA853

secondary

#A0AACE

accent

#6ED552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA853

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

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