#BFAC59#BFAC59

#BFAC59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC59
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -3.88, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 44.87, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0124 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.106 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0429, 41.3043, 15.4179)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC59 #596CBF

analogous

#BF7959 #BFAC59 #9FBF59

triadic

#BFAC59 #59BFAC #AC59BF

tetradic

#BFAC59 #59BF79 #596CBF #BF599F

square

#BFAC59 #59BF79 #596CBF #BF599F

split-complementary

#BFAC59 #599FBF #7959BF

monochromatic

#72652C #9E8C3D #BFAC59 #D0C285 #E1D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BFAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC59

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC59	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c48a',
    500: '#bfac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac59;
$custom-light: #d4c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74342,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC59

secondary

#A4ACCF

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC59

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

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