#BFAF45#BFAF45

#BFAF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF45
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -6.95, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 55.14, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0235 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8915, 42.1676, 11.7723)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF45 #4555BF

analogous

#BF7245 #BFAF45 #92BF45

triadic

#BFAF45 #45BFAF #AF45BF

tetradic

#BFAF45 #45BF72 #4555BF #BF4592

square

#BFAF45 #45BF72 #4555BF #BF4592

split-complementary

#BFAF45 #4592BF #7245BF

monochromatic

#665E23 #948733 #BFAF45 #CFC373 #DED6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BFAF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF45

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF45	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)

#BFAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c67d',
    500: '#bfaf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf45;
$custom-light: #d5c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF45

secondary

#959CCB

accent

#61D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF45

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

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