#BFAF47#BFAF47

#BFAF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF47
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -6.82, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 54.27, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0229 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9547, 42.1928, 12.1048)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF47 #4757BF

analogous

#BF7347 #BFAF47 #93BF47

triadic

#BFAF47 #47BFAF #AF47BF

tetradic

#BFAF47 #47BF73 #4757BF #BF4793

square

#BFAF47 #47BF73 #4757BF #BF4793

split-complementary

#BFAF47 #4793BF #7347BF

monochromatic

#685F24 #958834 #BFAF47 #CFC374 #DFD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BFAF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF47

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF47	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)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c67f',
    500: '#bfaf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf47;
$custom-light: #d5c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF47

secondary

#969ECB

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF47

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

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