#BFAA45#BFAA45

#BFAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA45
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -4.32, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 53.44, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.016 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9364, 40.2572, 11.4539)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA45 #455ABF

analogous

#BF6D45 #BFAA45 #97BF45

triadic

#BFAA45 #45BFAA #AA45BF

tetradic

#BFAA45 #45BF6D #455ABF #BF4597

square

#BFAA45 #45BF6D #455ABF #BF4597

split-complementary

#BFAA45 #4597BF #6D45BF

monochromatic

#665B23 #948333 #BFAA45 #CFBF73 #DED4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BFAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA45

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA45	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37d',
    500: '#bfaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa45;
$custom-light: #d5c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73694,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA45

secondary

#959ECB

accent

#67D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA45

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

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