#BFAA5B#BFAA5B

#BFAA5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA5B
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -2.65, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 43.19, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0086 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.103 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7502, 40.5828, 15.7403)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA5B #5B70BF

analogous

#BF785B #BFAA5B #A2BF5B

triadic

#BFAA5B #5BBFAA #AA5BBF

tetradic

#BFAA5B #5BBF78 #5B70BF #BF5BA2

square

#BFAA5B #5BBF78 #5B70BF #BF5BA2

split-complementary

#BFAA5B #5BA2BF #785BBF

monochromatic

#73642D #9F8A3E #BFAA5B #D0C187 #E1D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BFAA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA5B

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA5B	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38b',
    500: '#bfaa5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa5b;
$custom-light: #d4c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA5B

secondary

#A6AFD0

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA5B

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

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