#BFAF59#BFAF59

#BFAF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF59
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -5.47, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 45.97, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.017 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.109 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.6203, 42.4591, 15.6104)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF59 #5969BF

analogous

#BF7C59 #BFAF59 #9CBF59

triadic

#BFAF59 #59BFAF #AF59BF

tetradic

#BFAF59 #59BF7C #5969BF #BF599C

square

#BFAF59 #59BF7C #5969BF #BF599C

split-complementary

#BFAF59 #599CBF #7C59BF

monochromatic

#72672C #9E8F3D #BFAF59 #D0C485 #E1DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BFAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF59

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF59	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68a',
    500: '#bfaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf59;
$custom-light: #d4c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74974,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.42458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF59

secondary

#A4ABCF

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF59

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

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