#BFAC49#BFAC49

#BFAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC49
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -5.11, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 52.34, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0178 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4425, 41.0641, 12.2560)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC49 #495CBF

analogous

#BF7149 #BFAC49 #97BF49

triadic

#BFAC49 #49BFAC #AC49BF

tetradic

#BFAC49 #49BF71 #495CBF #BF4997

square

#BFAC49 #49BF71 #495CBF #BF4997

split-complementary

#BFAC49 #4997BF #7149BF

monochromatic

#695E25 #968635 #BFAC49 #CFC176 #DFD5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BFAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC49

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC49	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)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c480',
    500: '#bfac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac49;
$custom-light: #d5c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74155,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC49

secondary

#98A0CC

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC49

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

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