#BFAD4B#BFAD4B

#BFAD4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD4B
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -5.50, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 51.79, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0187 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(37.7009, 41.4731, 12.6745)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD4B #4B5DBF

analogous

#BF734B #BFAD4B #97BF4B

triadic

#BFAD4B #4BBFAD #AD4BBF

tetradic

#BFAD4B #4BBF73 #4B5DBF #BF4B97

square

#BFAD4B #4BBF73 #4B5DBF #BF4B97

split-complementary

#BFAD4B #4B97BF #734BBF

monochromatic

#6A5F26 #978836 #BFAD4B #CFC278 #DFD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BFAD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD4B

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD4B	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)

#BCA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c581',
    500: '#bfad4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad4b;
$custom-light: #d5c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74388,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.41472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD4B

secondary

#9AA1CC

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD4B

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

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