#BFAA42#BFAA42

#BFAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA42
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -4.51, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 54.74, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0169 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8456, 40.2209, 10.9758)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA42 #4257BF

analogous

#BF6B42 #BFAA42 #95BF42

triadic

#BFAA42 #42BFAA #AA42BF

tetradic

#BFAA42 #42BF6B #4257BF #BF4295

square

#BFAA42 #42BF6B #4257BF #BF4295

split-complementary

#BFAA42 #4295BF #6B42BF

monochromatic

#655922 #928232 #BFAA42 #CEBF70 #DED39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BFAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA42

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA42	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37b',
    500: '#bfaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa42;
$custom-light: #d5c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73665,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA42

secondary

#939CCA

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA42

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

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