#BFAF48#BFAF48

#BFAF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF48
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -6.75, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 53.83, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0226 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9870, 42.2058, 12.2752)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF48 #4858BF

analogous

#BF7448 #BFAF48 #94BF48

triadic

#BFAF48 #48BFAF #AF48BF

tetradic

#BFAF48 #48BF74 #4858BF #BF4894

square

#BFAF48 #48BF74 #4858BF #BF4894

split-complementary

#BFAF48 #4894BF #7448BF

monochromatic

#685F24 #968834 #BFAF48 #CFC375 #DFD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BFAF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF48

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF48	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c67f',
    500: '#bfaf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf48;
$custom-light: #d5c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7478,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF48

secondary

#979ECC

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF48

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

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