#BFAA4E#BFAA4E

#BFAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA4E
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -3.70, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 49.38, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0132 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.115 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2372, 40.3776, 13.0385)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA4E #4E63BF

analogous

#BF724E #BFAA4E #9BBF4E

triadic

#BFAA4E #4EBFAA #AA4EBF

tetradic

#BFAA4E #4EBF72 #4E63BF #BF4E9B

square

#BFAA4E #4EBF72 #4E63BF #BF4E9B

split-complementary

#BFAA4E #4E9BBF #724EBF

monochromatic

#6C5F27 #998737 #BFAA4E #CFC07B #E0D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BFAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA4E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA4E	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c383',
    500: '#bfaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa4e;
$custom-light: #d5c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA4E

secondary

#9CA5CD

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA4E

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

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