#BFAD55#BFAD55

#BFAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD55
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -4.74, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 47.15, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0153 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.111 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.0705, 41.6210, 14.6209)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD55 #5567BF

analogous

#BF7855 #BFAD55 #9CBF55

triadic

#BFAD55 #55BFAD #AD55BF

tetradic

#BFAD55 #55BF78 #5567BF #BF559C

square

#BFAD55 #55BF78 #5567BF #BF559C

split-complementary

#BFAD55 #559CBF #7855BF

monochromatic

#70642A #9C8C3B #BFAD55 #D0C281 #E0D8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BFAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD55

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD55	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)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c587',
    500: '#bfad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad55;
$custom-light: #d5c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD55

secondary

#A1A9CE

accent

#69D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD55

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

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