#BFAC52#BFAC52

#BFAC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC52
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -4.45, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 48.21, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0149 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.113 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7628, 41.1922, 13.9428)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC52 #5265BF

analogous

#BF7552 #BFAC52 #9BBF52

triadic

#BFAC52 #52BFAC #AC52BF

tetradic

#BFAC52 #52BF75 #5265BF #BF529B

square

#BFAC52 #52BF75 #5265BF #BF529B

split-complementary

#BFAC52 #529BBF #7552BF

monochromatic

#6E6229 #9B8A39 #BFAC52 #D0C17F #E0D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BFAC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC52

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC52	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)

#BBA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c485',
    500: '#bfac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac52;
$custom-light: #d5c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74255,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC52

secondary

#9FA7CE

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC52

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

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