#BFAD4A#BFAD4A

#BFAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD4A
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -5.57, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 52.24, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.019 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6670, 41.4595, 12.4957)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD4A #4A5CBF

analogous

#BF734A #BFAD4A #97BF4A

triadic

#BFAD4A #4ABFAD #AD4ABF

tetradic

#BFAD4A #4ABF73 #4A5CBF #BF4A97

square

#BFAD4A #4ABF73 #4A5CBF #BF4A97

split-complementary

#BFAD4A #4A97BF #734ABF

monochromatic

#695F25 #978835 #BFAD4A #CFC177 #DFD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BFAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD4A

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD4A	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)

#BCA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c580',
    500: '#bfad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad4a;
$custom-light: #d5c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD4A

secondary

#99A1CC

accent

#65D750

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD4A

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

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