#BFAC55#BFAC55

#BFAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC55
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -4.22, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 46.79, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0138 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.11 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8795, 41.2389, 14.5572)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC55 #5568BF

analogous

#BF7755 #BFAC55 #9DBF55

triadic

#BFAC55 #55BFAC #AC55BF

tetradic

#BFAC55 #55BF77 #5568BF #BF559D

square

#BFAC55 #55BF77 #5568BF #BF559D

split-complementary

#BFAC55 #559DBF #7755BF

monochromatic

#70632A #9C8B3B #BFAC55 #D0C281 #E0D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BFAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC55

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC55	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c487',
    500: '#bfac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac55;
$custom-light: #d5c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74292,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC55

secondary

#A1A9CE

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC55

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

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