#BFA951#BFA951

#BFA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA951
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -2.94, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 47.65, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0106 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.111 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1605, 40.0481, 13.5557)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA951 #5167BF

analogous

#BF7251 #BFA951 #9EBF51

triadic

#BFA951 #51BFA9 #A951BF

tetradic

#BFA951 #51BF72 #5167BF #BF519E

square

#BFA951 #51BF72 #5167BF #BF519E

split-complementary

#BFA951 #519EBF #7251BF

monochromatic

#6D6028 #9A8739 #BFA951 #CFBF7E #E0D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BFA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA951

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA951	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)

#B8A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c285',
    500: '#bfa951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa951;
$custom-light: #d5c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA951

secondary

#9EA8CE

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA951

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

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