#BFAA57#BFAA57

#BFAA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA57
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -2.99, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 45.13, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.01 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.106 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5823, 40.5156, 14.8556)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA57 #576CBF

analogous

#BF7657 #BFAA57 #A0BF57

triadic

#BFAA57 #57BFAA #AA57BF

tetradic

#BFAA57 #57BF76 #576CBF #BF57A0

square

#BFAA57 #57BF76 #576CBF #BF57A0

split-complementary

#BFAA57 #57A0BF #7657BF

monochromatic

#71632B #9D893C #BFAA57 #D0C083 #E1D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BFAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA57

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA57	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)

#B9A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c389',
    500: '#bfaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa57;
$custom-light: #d5c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73897,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA57

secondary

#A3ACCF

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA57

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

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