#BFAA51#BFAA51

#BFAA51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA51
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -3.47, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 47.98, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0121 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.112 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3472, 40.4216, 13.6179)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA51 #5166BF

analogous

#BF7351 #BFAA51 #9DBF51

triadic

#BFAA51 #51BFAA #AA51BF

tetradic

#BFAA51 #51BF73 #5166BF #BF519D

square

#BFAA51 #51BF73 #5166BF #BF519D

split-complementary

#BFAA51 #519DBF #7351BF

monochromatic

#6D6028 #9A8839 #BFAA51 #CFC07E #E0D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BFAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA51

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA51	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)

#B9A748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c385',
    500: '#bfaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa51;
$custom-light: #d5c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA51

secondary

#9EA7CE

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA51

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

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