#BFAA61#BFAA61

#BFAA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.096 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA61
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -2.11, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 40.23, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0064 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.096 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0195, 40.6905, 17.1583)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA61 #6176BF

analogous

#BF7B61 #BFAA61 #A5BF61

triadic

#BFAA61 #61BFAA #AA61BF

tetradic

#BFAA61 #61BF7B #6176BF #BF61A5

square

#BFAA61 #61BF7B #6176BF #BF61A5

split-complementary

#BFAA61 #61A5BF #7B61BF

monochromatic

#766630 #A18C41 #BFAA61 #D1C18D #E2D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BFAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA61

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA61	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.096 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38f',
    500: '#bfaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa61;
$custom-light: #d4c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.596,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA61

secondary

#ABB3D1

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA61

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

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