#BFAA53#BFAA53

#BFAA53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA53
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -3.32, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 47.04, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0115 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.11 96)
XYZ	xyz(37.4234, 40.4520, 14.0187)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA53 #5368BF

analogous

#BF7453 #BFAA53 #9EBF53

triadic

#BFAA53 #53BFAA #AA53BF

tetradic

#BFAA53 #53BF74 #5368BF #BF539E

square

#BFAA53 #53BF74 #5368BF #BF539E

split-complementary

#BFAA53 #539EBF #7453BF

monochromatic

#6E6129 #9B883A #BFAA53 #D0C080 #E0D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BFAA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA53

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA53	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)

#B9A74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c386',
    500: '#bfaa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa53;
$custom-light: #d5c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.4045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA53

secondary

#A0A9CE

accent

#6CD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA53

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

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