#BFAF57#BFAF57

#BFAF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF57
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -5.63, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 46.93, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0177 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5374, 42.4259, 15.1740)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF57 #5767BF

analogous

#BF7B57 #BFAF57 #9BBF57

triadic

#BFAF57 #57BFAF #AF57BF

tetradic

#BFAF57 #57BF7B #5767BF #BF579B

square

#BFAF57 #57BF7B #5767BF #BF579B

split-complementary

#BFAF57 #579BBF #7B57BF

monochromatic

#71662B #9D8E3C #BFAF57 #D0C483 #E1D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BFAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF57

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF57	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)

#BDAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c689',
    500: '#bfaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf57;
$custom-light: #d5c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74949,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF57

secondary

#A3AACF

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF57

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

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