#BFAD53#BFAD53

#BFAD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD53
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -4.90, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 48.10, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.016 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.113 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9922, 41.5896, 14.2083)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD53 #5365BF

analogous

#BF7753 #BFAD53 #9BBF53

triadic

#BFAD53 #53BFAD #AD53BF

tetradic

#BFAD53 #53BF77 #5365BF #BF539B

square

#BFAD53 #53BF77 #5365BF #BF539B

split-complementary

#BFAD53 #539BBF #7753BF

monochromatic

#6E6329 #9B8B3A #BFAD53 #D0C280 #E0D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BFAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD53

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD53	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c586',
    500: '#bfad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad53;
$custom-light: #d5c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74478,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD53

secondary

#A0A8CE

accent

#68D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD53

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

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