#BFAF53#BFAF53

#BFAF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF53
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -5.96, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 48.82, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0191 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3785, 42.3624, 14.3371)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF53 #5363BF

analogous

#BF7953 #BFAF53 #99BF53

triadic

#BFAF53 #53BFAF #AF53BF

tetradic

#BFAF53 #53BF79 #5363BF #BF5399

square

#BFAF53 #53BF79 #5363BF #BF5399

split-complementary

#BFAF53 #5399BF #7953BF

monochromatic

#6E6429 #9B8D3A #BFAF53 #D0C480 #E0D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BFAF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF53

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF53	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)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c686',
    500: '#bfaf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf53;
$custom-light: #d5c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF53

secondary

#A0A7CE

accent

#66D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF53

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

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