#BFAA56#BFAA56

#BFAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA56
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -3.07, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 45.61, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0104 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.107 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5417, 40.4993, 14.6420)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA56 #566BBF

analogous

#BF7656 #BFAA56 #A0BF56

triadic

#BFAA56 #56BFAA #AA56BF

tetradic

#BFAA56 #56BF76 #566BBF #BF56A0

square

#BFAA56 #56BF76 #566BBF #BF56A0

split-complementary

#BFAA56 #56A0BF #7656BF

monochromatic

#70622A #9D893B #BFAA56 #D0C082 #E1D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BFAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA56

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA56	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)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c388',
    500: '#bfaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa56;
$custom-light: #d5c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73884,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA56

secondary

#A2ABCF

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA56

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

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