#BFAD57#BFAD57

#BFAD57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD57
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -4.58, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 46.19, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0146 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.109 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1511, 41.6532, 15.0453)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD57 #5769BF

analogous

#BF7957 #BFAD57 #9DBF57

triadic

#BFAD57 #57BFAD #AD57BF

tetradic

#BFAD57 #57BF79 #5769BF #BF579D

square

#BFAD57 #57BF79 #5769BF #BF579D

split-complementary

#BFAD57 #579DBF #7957BF

monochromatic

#71652B #9D8C3C #BFAD57 #D0C383 #E1D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD57

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD57	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)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c589',
    500: '#bfad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad57;
$custom-light: #d5c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74527,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD57

secondary

#A3ABCF

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD57

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

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