#BFAF50#BFAF50

#BFAF50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF50
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -6.19, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 50.22, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0201 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.117 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2652, 42.3170, 13.7403)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF50 #5060BF

analogous

#BF7750 #BFAF50 #98BF50

triadic

#BFAF50 #50BFAF #AF50BF

tetradic

#BFAF50 #50BF77 #5060BF #BF5098

square

#BFAF50 #50BF77 #5060BF #BF5098

split-complementary

#BFAF50 #5098BF #7750BF

monochromatic

#6D6328 #9A8C38 #BFAF50 #CFC37D #E0D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BFAF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF50

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF50	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c684',
    500: '#bfaf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf50;
$custom-light: #d5c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74865,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF50

secondary

#9DA4CD

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF50

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

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