#BFAF61#BFAF61

#BFAF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.101 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF61
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -4.76, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 42.07, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.014 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.101 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.9747, 42.6008, 17.4767)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF61 #6171BF

analogous

#BF8061 #BFAF61 #A0BF61

triadic

#BFAF61 #61BFAF #AF61BF

tetradic

#BFAF61 #61BF80 #6171BF #BF61A0

square

#BFAF61 #61BF80 #6171BF #BF61A0

split-complementary

#BFAF61 #61A0BF #8061BF

monochromatic

#766A30 #A19141 #BFAF61 #D1C58D #E2DBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BFAF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF61

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF61	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.101 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68f',
    500: '#bfaf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf61;
$custom-light: #d4c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75082,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.42599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF61

secondary

#ABB1D1

accent

#6BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF61

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

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