#BFAA59#BFAA59

#BFAA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA59
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -2.82, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 44.16, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0093 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.104 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6651, 40.5487, 15.2920)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA59 #596EBF

analogous

#BF7759 #BFAA59 #A1BF59

triadic

#BFAA59 #59BFAA #AA59BF

tetradic

#BFAA59 #59BF77 #596EBF #BF59A1

square

#BFAA59 #59BF77 #596EBF #BF59A1

split-complementary

#BFAA59 #59A1BF #7759BF

monochromatic

#72632C #9E8A3D #BFAA59 #D0C185 #E1D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BFAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA59

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA59	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38a',
    500: '#bfaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa59;
$custom-light: #d4c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73923,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA59

secondary

#A4ADCF

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA59

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

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