#BFAD5B#BFAD5B

#BFAD5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD5B
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -4.24, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 44.26, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0132 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.105 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3190, 41.7204, 15.9299)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD5B #5B6DBF

analogous

#BF7B5B #BFAD5B #9FBF5B

triadic

#BFAD5B #5BBFAD #AD5BBF

tetradic

#BFAD5B #5BBF7B #5B6DBF #BF5B9F

square

#BFAD5B #5BBF7B #5B6DBF #BF5B9F

split-complementary

#BFAD5B #5B9FBF #7B5BBF

monochromatic

#73662D #9F8D3E #BFAD5B #D0C387 #E1D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BFAD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD5B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD5B	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58b',
    500: '#bfad5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad5b;
$custom-light: #d4c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74579,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD5B

secondary

#A6AED0

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD5B

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

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