#BFAF49#BFAF49

#BFAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF49
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -6.69, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 53.39, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0223 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0199, 42.2189, 12.4484)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF49 #4959BF

analogous

#BF7449 #BFAF49 #94BF49

triadic

#BFAF49 #49BFAF #AF49BF

tetradic

#BFAF49 #49BF74 #4959BF #BF4994

square

#BFAF49 #49BF74 #4959BF #BF4994

split-complementary

#BFAF49 #4994BF #7449BF

monochromatic

#696025 #968935 #BFAF49 #CFC376 #DFD7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BFAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF49

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF49	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c680',
    500: '#bfaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf49;
$custom-light: #d5c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF49

secondary

#989FCC

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF49

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

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