#BFAA4F#BFAA4F

#BFAA4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA4F
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -3.62, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 48.92, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0128 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.114 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2734, 40.3920, 13.2287)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA4F #4F64BF

analogous

#BF724F #BFAA4F #9CBF4F

triadic

#BFAA4F #4FBFAA #AA4FBF

tetradic

#BFAA4F #4FBF72 #4F64BF #BF4F9C

square

#BFAA4F #4FBF72 #4F64BF #BF4F9C

split-complementary

#BFAA4F #4F9CBF #724FBF

monochromatic

#6C5F27 #998738 #BFAA4F #CFC07C #E0D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BFAA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA4F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA4F	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)

#B9A646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c383',
    500: '#bfaa4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa4f;
$custom-light: #d5c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.738,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA4F

secondary

#9DA6CD

accent

#6AD651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA4F

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

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