#BFAC57#BFAC57

#BFAC57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.108 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC57
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -4.05, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 45.83, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0131 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.108 97)
XYZ	xyz(37.9600, 41.2711, 14.9816)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC57 #576ABF

analogous

#BF7857 #BFAC57 #9EBF57

triadic

#BFAC57 #57BFAC #AC57BF

tetradic

#BFAC57 #57BF78 #576ABF #BF579E

square

#BFAC57 #57BF78 #576ABF #BF579E

split-complementary

#BFAC57 #579EBF #7857BF

monochromatic

#71642B #9D8B3C #BFAC57 #D0C283 #E1D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BFAC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC57

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC57	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)

#BBA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.108 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c489',
    500: '#bfac57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac57;
$custom-light: #d5c489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74317,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.4127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC57

secondary

#A3ABCF

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC57

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

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