#BFAF56#BFAF56

#BFAF56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF56
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -5.72, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 47.41, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.018 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4969, 42.4097, 14.9604)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF56 #5666BF

analogous

#BF7B56 #BFAF56 #9BBF56

triadic

#BFAF56 #56BFAF #AF56BF

tetradic

#BFAF56 #56BF7B #5666BF #BF569B

square

#BFAF56 #56BF7B #5666BF #BF569B

split-complementary

#BFAF56 #569BBF #7B56BF

monochromatic

#70662A #9D8E3B #BFAF56 #D0C482 #E1D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BFAF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF56

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF56	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BDAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c688',
    500: '#bfaf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf56;
$custom-light: #d5c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF56

secondary

#A2A9CF

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF56

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

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