#BFAA47#BFAA47

#BFAA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA47
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -4.19, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 52.56, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0154 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9995, 40.2825, 11.7864)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA47 #475CBF

analogous

#BF6E47 #BFAA47 #98BF47

triadic

#BFAA47 #47BFAA #AA47BF

tetradic

#BFAA47 #47BF6E #475CBF #BF4798

square

#BFAA47 #47BF6E #475CBF #BF4798

split-complementary

#BFAA47 #4798BF #6E47BF

monochromatic

#685C24 #958434 #BFAA47 #CFBF74 #DFD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BFAA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA47

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA47	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37e',
    500: '#bfaa47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa47;
$custom-light: #d5c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73713,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA47

secondary

#96A0CB

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA47

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

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