#BFAA46#BFAA46

#BFAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA46
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -4.25, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 53.00, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0157 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9677, 40.2697, 11.6188)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA46 #465BBF

analogous

#BF6D46 #BFAA46 #97BF46

triadic

#BFAA46 #46BFAA #AA46BF

tetradic

#BFAA46 #46BF6D #465BBF #BF4697

square

#BFAA46 #46BF6D #465BBF #BF4697

split-complementary

#BFAA46 #4697BF #6D46BF

monochromatic

#675B24 #948433 #BFAA46 #CFBF73 #DED4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BFAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA46

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA46	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)

#BAA63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37e',
    500: '#bfaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa46;
$custom-light: #d5c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA46

secondary

#969FCB

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA46

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

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