#BFAD52#BFAD52

#BFAD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD52
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -4.98, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 48.57, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0164 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9538, 41.5743, 14.0064)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD52 #5264BF

analogous

#BF7652 #BFAD52 #9ABF52

triadic

#BFAD52 #52BFAD #AD52BF

tetradic

#BFAD52 #52BF76 #5264BF #BF529A

square

#BFAD52 #52BF76 #5264BF #BF529A

split-complementary

#BFAD52 #529ABF #7652BF

monochromatic

#6E6229 #9B8B39 #BFAD52 #D0C27F #E0D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BFAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD52

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD52	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c585',
    500: '#bfad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad52;
$custom-light: #d5c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74466,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD52

secondary

#9FA7CE

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD52

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

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