#BFA962#BFA962

#BFA962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.095 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA962
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 48.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -1.48, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 39.39, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0044 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.095 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8797, 40.3357, 17.3432)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA962 #6278BF

analogous

#BF7B62 #BFA962 #A7BF62

triadic

#BFA962 #62BFA9 #A962BF

tetradic

#BFA962 #62BF7B #6278BF #BF62A7

square

#BFA962 #62BF7B #6278BF #BF62A7

split-complementary

#BFA962 #62A7BF #7B62BF

monochromatic

#766630 #A28B42 #BFA962 #D1C18D #E2D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BFA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA962

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA962	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.095 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c290',
    500: '#bfa962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa962;
$custom-light: #d4c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.806,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA962

secondary

#ABB4D1

accent

#73D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA962

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

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