#BFA957#BFA957

#BFA957 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA957
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -2.46, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 44.79, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0085 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.106 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3955, 40.1421, 14.7934)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA957 #576DBF

analogous

#BF7557 #BFA957 #A1BF57

triadic

#BFA957 #57BFA9 #A957BF

tetradic

#BFA957 #57BF75 #576DBF #BF57A1

square

#BFA957 #57BF75 #576DBF #BF57A1

split-complementary

#BFA957 #57A1BF #7557BF

monochromatic

#71622B #9D883C #BFA957 #D0C083 #E1D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFA957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BFA957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA957

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA957	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c288',
    500: '#bfa957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa957;
$custom-light: #d5c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73688,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA957

secondary

#A3ACCF

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA957

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

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