#BFAA50#BFAA50

#BFAA50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA50
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -3.55, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 48.45, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0125 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.113 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3100, 40.4067, 13.4219)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA50 #5065BF

analogous

#BF7250 #BFAA50 #9CBF50

triadic

#BFAA50 #50BFAA #AA50BF

tetradic

#BFAA50 #50BF72 #5065BF #BF509C

square

#BFAA50 #50BF72 #5065BF #BF509C

split-complementary

#BFAA50 #509CBF #7250BF

monochromatic

#6D6028 #9A8738 #BFAA50 #CFC07D #E0D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BFAA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA50

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA50	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)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c384',
    500: '#bfaa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa50;
$custom-light: #d5c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA50

secondary

#9DA7CD

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA50

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

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