#BFAD50#BFAD50

#BFAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD50
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -5.13, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 49.50, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.017 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8788, 41.5443, 13.6115)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD50 #5062BF

analogous

#BF7550 #BFAD50 #9ABF50

triadic

#BFAD50 #50BFAD #AD50BF

tetradic

#BFAD50 #50BF75 #5062BF #BF509A

square

#BFAD50 #50BF75 #5062BF #BF509A

split-complementary

#BFAD50 #509ABF #7550BF

monochromatic

#6D6228 #9A8A38 #BFAD50 #CFC27D #E0D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BFAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD50

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD50	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)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c584',
    500: '#bfad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad50;
$custom-light: #d5c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74443,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD50

secondary

#9DA5CD

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD50

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

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