#BFAD4F#BFAD4F

#BFAD4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD4F
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -5.21, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 49.96, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0174 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8422, 41.5296, 13.4183)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD4F #4F61BF

analogous

#BF754F #BFAD4F #99BF4F

triadic

#BFAD4F #4FBFAD #AD4FBF

tetradic

#BFAD4F #4FBF75 #4F61BF #BF4F99

square

#BFAD4F #4FBF75 #4F61BF #BF4F99

split-complementary

#BFAD4F #4F99BF #754FBF

monochromatic

#6C6127 #998938 #BFAD4F #CFC27C #E0D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BFAD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD4F

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD4F	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c584',
    500: '#bfad4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad4f;
$custom-light: #d5c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74431,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD4F

secondary

#9DA4CD

accent

#67D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD4F

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

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