#BFAC51#BFAC51

#BFAC51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC51
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -4.53, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 48.68, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0152 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.114 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7250, 41.1771, 13.7438)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC51 #5164BF

analogous

#BF7551 #BFAC51 #9BBF51

triadic

#BFAC51 #51BFAC #AC51BF

tetradic

#BFAC51 #51BF75 #5164BF #BF519B

square

#BFAC51 #51BF75 #5164BF #BF519B

split-complementary

#BFAC51 #519BBF #7551BF

monochromatic

#6D6128 #9A8939 #BFAC51 #CFC17E #E0D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BFAC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC51

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC51	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c485',
    500: '#bfac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac51;
$custom-light: #d5c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC51

secondary

#9EA6CE

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC51

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

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