#BFA949#BFA949

#BFA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA949
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -3.52, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 51.33, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0133 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.118 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8780, 39.9351, 12.0678)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA949 #495FBF

analogous

#BF6E49 #BFA949 #9ABF49

triadic

#BFA949 #49BFA9 #A949BF

tetradic

#BFA949 #49BF6E #495FBF #BF499A

square

#BFA949 #49BF6E #495FBF #BF499A

split-complementary

#BFA949 #499ABF #6E49BF

monochromatic

#695C25 #968435 #BFA949 #CFBE76 #DFD4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BFA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BFA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA949

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA949	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c27f',
    500: '#bfa949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa949;
$custom-light: #d5c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA949

secondary

#98A2CC

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA949

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

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