#BFAF51#BFAF51

#BFAF51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF51
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -6.11, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 49.76, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0197 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.116 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3024, 42.3319, 13.9363)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF51 #5161BF

analogous

#BF7851 #BFAF51 #98BF51

triadic

#BFAF51 #51BFAF #AF51BF

tetradic

#BFAF51 #51BF78 #5161BF #BF5198

square

#BFAF51 #51BF78 #5161BF #BF5198

split-complementary

#BFAF51 #5198BF #7851BF

monochromatic

#6D6328 #9A8C39 #BFAF51 #CFC47E #E0D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BFAF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF51

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF51	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c685',
    500: '#bfaf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf51;
$custom-light: #d5c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF51

secondary

#9EA5CE

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF51

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

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