#BFAD4E#BFAD4E

#BFAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD4E
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -5.28, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 50.42, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0177 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.117 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8060, 41.5152, 13.2281)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD4E #4E60BF

analogous

#BF744E #BFAD4E #99BF4E

triadic

#BFAD4E #4EBFAD #AD4EBF

tetradic

#BFAD4E #4EBF74 #4E60BF #BF4E99

square

#BFAD4E #4EBF74 #4E60BF #BF4E99

split-complementary

#BFAD4E #4E99BF #744EBF

monochromatic

#6C6127 #998937 #BFAD4E #CFC27B #E0D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BFAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD4E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD4E	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)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c583',
    500: '#bfad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad4e;
$custom-light: #d5c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD4E

secondary

#9CA4CD

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD4E

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

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