#BFAF55#BFAF55

#BFAF55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF55
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -5.80, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 47.88, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0184 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4569, 42.3937, 14.7497)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF55 #5565BF

analogous

#BF7A55 #BFAF55 #9ABF55

triadic

#BFAF55 #55BFAF #AF55BF

tetradic

#BFAF55 #55BF7A #5565BF #BF559A

square

#BFAF55 #55BF7A #5565BF #BF559A

split-complementary

#BFAF55 #559ABF #7A55BF

monochromatic

#70652A #9C8D3B #BFAF55 #D0C481 #E0D9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BFAF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF55

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF55	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c687',
    500: '#bfaf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf55;
$custom-light: #d5c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF55

secondary

#A1A8CE

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF55

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

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