#BFAF42#BFAF42

#BFAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF42
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -7.14, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 56.42, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0244 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8008, 42.1313, 11.2942)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF42 #4252BF

analogous

#BF7042 #BFAF42 #90BF42

triadic

#BFAF42 #42BFAF #AF42BF

tetradic

#BFAF42 #42BF70 #4252BF #BF4290

square

#BFAF42 #42BF70 #4252BF #BF4290

split-complementary

#BFAF42 #4290BF #7042BF

monochromatic

#655C22 #928632 #BFAF42 #CEC270 #DED69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BFAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF42

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF42	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c67c',
    500: '#bfaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf42;
$custom-light: #d5c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF42

secondary

#939ACA

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF42

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

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