#BFAF46#BFAF46

#BFAF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF46
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -6.88, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 54.70, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0232 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9229, 42.1801, 11.9372)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF46 #4656BF

analogous

#BF7246 #BFAF46 #92BF46

triadic

#BFAF46 #46BFAF #AF46BF

tetradic

#BFAF46 #46BF72 #4656BF #BF4692

square

#BFAF46 #46BF72 #4656BF #BF4692

split-complementary

#BFAF46 #4692BF #7246BF

monochromatic

#675E24 #948833 #BFAF46 #CFC373 #DED6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BFAF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF46

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF46	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c67e',
    500: '#bfaf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf46;
$custom-light: #d5c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74761,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF46

secondary

#969DCB

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →