#BFAD49#BFAD49

#BFAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD49
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -5.64, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 52.69, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0193 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.122 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6335, 41.4462, 12.3196)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD49 #495BBF

analogous

#BF7249 #BFAD49 #96BF49

triadic

#BFAD49 #49BFAD #AD49BF

tetradic

#BFAD49 #49BF72 #495BBF #BF4996

square

#BFAD49 #49BF72 #495BBF #BF4996

split-complementary

#BFAD49 #4996BF #7249BF

monochromatic

#695E25 #968735 #BFAD49 #CFC176 #DFD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BFAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD49

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD49	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c580',
    500: '#bfad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad49;
$custom-light: #d5c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74367,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD49

secondary

#98A0CC

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD49

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

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