#BFAA48#BFAA48

#BFAA48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA48
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -4.12, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 52.11, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0151 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0319, 40.2954, 11.9568)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA48 #485DBF

analogous

#BF6F48 #BFAA48 #99BF48

triadic

#BFAA48 #48BFAA #AA48BF

tetradic

#BFAA48 #48BF6F #485DBF #BF4899

square

#BFAA48 #48BF6F #485DBF #BF4899

split-complementary

#BFAA48 #4899BF #6F48BF

monochromatic

#685C24 #968434 #BFAA48 #CFBF75 #DFD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BFAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA48

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA48	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)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37f',
    500: '#bfaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa48;
$custom-light: #d5c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73724,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA48

secondary

#97A0CC

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA48

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

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