#BFA947#BFA947

#BFA947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA947
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -3.66, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 52.23, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0139 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.12 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8128, 39.9090, 11.7242)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA947 #475DBF

analogous

#BF6D47 #BFA947 #99BF47

triadic

#BFA947 #47BFA9 #A947BF

tetradic

#BFA947 #47BF6D #475DBF #BF4799

square

#BFA947 #47BF6D #475DBF #BF4799

split-complementary

#BFA947 #4799BF #6D47BF

monochromatic

#685B24 #958334 #BFA947 #CFBE74 #DFD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BFA947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BFA947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA947

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA947	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c27e',
    500: '#bfa947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa947;
$custom-light: #d5c27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73503,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA947

secondary

#96A0CB

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA947

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

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