#BFAA52#BFAA52

#BFAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA52
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -3.39, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 47.51, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0118 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.111 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3850, 40.4367, 13.8168)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA52 #5267BF

analogous

#BF7352 #BFAA52 #9EBF52

triadic

#BFAA52 #52BFAA #AA52BF

tetradic

#BFAA52 #52BF73 #5267BF #BF529E

square

#BFAA52 #52BF73 #5267BF #BF529E

split-complementary

#BFAA52 #529EBF #7352BF

monochromatic

#6E6129 #9B8839 #BFAA52 #D0C07F #E0D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BFAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA52

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA52	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c385',
    500: '#bfaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa52;
$custom-light: #d5c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73835,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA52

secondary

#9FA8CE

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA52

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

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