#BFAD56#BFAD56

#BFAD56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD56
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -4.66, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 46.67, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.015 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.11 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1105, 41.6370, 14.8316)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD56 #5668BF

analogous

#BF7956 #BFAD56 #9DBF56

triadic

#BFAD56 #56BFAD #AD56BF

tetradic

#BFAD56 #56BF79 #5668BF #BF569D

square

#BFAD56 #56BF79 #5668BF #BF569D

split-complementary

#BFAD56 #569DBF #7956BF

monochromatic

#70642A #9D8C3B #BFAD56 #D0C382 #E1D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD56

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD56	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c588',
    500: '#bfad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad56;
$custom-light: #d5c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD56

secondary

#A2AACF

accent

#69D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD56

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

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