#BFAD5D#BFAD5D

#BFAD5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD5D
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 51.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -4.06, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 43.29, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0125 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.103 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.4065, 41.7553, 16.3903)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD5D #5D6FBF

analogous

#BF7C5D #BFAD5D #A0BF5D

triadic

#BFAD5D #5DBFAD #AD5DBF

tetradic

#BFAD5D #5DBF7C #5D6FBF #BF5DA0

square

#BFAD5D #5DBF7C #5D6FBF #BF5DA0

split-complementary

#BFAD5D #5DA0BF #7C5DBF

monochromatic

#74672E #A08E3F #BFAD5D #D0C389 #E2D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFAD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD5D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD5D	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58d',
    500: '#bfad5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad5d;
$custom-light: #d4c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD5D

secondary

#A8AFD0

accent

#6CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD5D

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

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