#BFAD4D#BFAD4D

#BFAD4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD4D
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 59.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -5.36, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 50.88, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.018 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7705, 41.5009, 13.0407)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD4D #4D5FBF

analogous

#BF744D #BFAD4D #98BF4D

triadic

#BFAD4D #4DBFAD #AD4DBF

tetradic

#BFAD4D #4DBF74 #4D5FBF #BF4D98

square

#BFAD4D #4DBF74 #4D5FBF #BF4D98

split-complementary

#BFAD4D #4D98BF #744DBF

monochromatic

#6B6027 #988937 #BFAD4D #CFC27A #DFD6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BFAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD4D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD4D	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c582',
    500: '#bfad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad4d;
$custom-light: #d5c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD4D

secondary

#9BA3CD

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD4D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →