#BFAC42#BFAC42

#BFAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC42
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -5.56, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 55.40, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0199 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2234, 40.9765, 11.1017)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC42 #4255BF

analogous

#BF6D42 #BFAC42 #93BF42

triadic

#BFAC42 #42BFAC #AC42BF

tetradic

#BFAC42 #42BF6D #4255BF #BF4293

square

#BFAC42 #42BF6D #4255BF #BF4293

split-complementary

#BFAC42 #4293BF #6D42BF

monochromatic

#655A22 #928432 #BFAC42 #CEC070 #DED49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BFAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC42

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC42	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c47b',
    500: '#bfac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac42;
$custom-light: #d5c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC42

secondary

#939BCA

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC42

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

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