#BFA950#BFA950

#BFA950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA950
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -3.02, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 48.11, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.011 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.112 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1233, 40.0332, 13.3596)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA950 #5066BF

analogous

#BF7150 #BFA950 #9DBF50

triadic

#BFA950 #50BFA9 #A950BF

tetradic

#BFA950 #50BF71 #5066BF #BF509D

square

#BFA950 #50BF71 #5066BF #BF509D

split-complementary

#BFA950 #509DBF #7150BF

monochromatic

#6D5F28 #9A8638 #BFA950 #CFBF7D #E0D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BFA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA950

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA950	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c284',
    500: '#bfa950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa950;
$custom-light: #d5c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73602,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA950

secondary

#9DA7CD

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA950

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

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