#BFAA55#BFAA55

#BFAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA55
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -3.16, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 46.09, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0108 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.108 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5017, 40.4833, 14.4313)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA55 #556ABF

analogous

#BF7555 #BFAA55 #9FBF55

triadic

#BFAA55 #55BFAA #AA55BF

tetradic

#BFAA55 #55BF75 #556ABF #BF559F

square

#BFAA55 #55BF75 #556ABF #BF559F

split-complementary

#BFAA55 #559FBF #7555BF

monochromatic

#70622A #9C893B #BFAA55 #D0C081 #E0D6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BFAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA55

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA55	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c387',
    500: '#bfaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa55;
$custom-light: #d5c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73872,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA55

secondary

#A1AACE

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA55

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

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