#BFAC48#BFAC48

#BFAC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC48
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -5.18, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 52.79, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0181 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4096, 41.0510, 12.0827)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC48 #485BBF

analogous

#BF7148 #BFAC48 #97BF48

triadic

#BFAC48 #48BFAC #AC48BF

tetradic

#BFAC48 #48BF71 #485BBF #BF4897

square

#BFAC48 #48BF71 #485BBF #BF4897

split-complementary

#BFAC48 #4897BF #7148BF

monochromatic

#685D24 #968634 #BFAC48 #CFC175 #DFD5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BFAC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC48

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC48	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c47f',
    500: '#bfac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac48;
$custom-light: #d5c47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74145,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC48

secondary

#97A0CC

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC48

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

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