#BFAA49#BFAA49

#BFAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.119 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA49
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -4.05, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 51.66, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0148 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0647, 40.3086, 12.1300)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA49 #495EBF

analogous

#BF6F49 #BFAA49 #99BF49

triadic

#BFAA49 #49BFAA #AA49BF

tetradic

#BFAA49 #49BF6F #495EBF #BF4999

square

#BFAA49 #49BF6F #495EBF #BF4999

split-complementary

#BFAA49 #4999BF #6F49BF

monochromatic

#695D25 #968535 #BFAA49 #CFBF76 #DFD4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BFAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA49

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA49	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)

#BAA63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.119 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c380',
    500: '#bfaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa49;
$custom-light: #d5c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA49

secondary

#98A1CC

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA49

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

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