#BFAD5E#BFAD5E

#BFAD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.102 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD5E
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -3.97, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 42.80, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0121 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.102 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4510, 41.7732, 16.6251)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD5E #5E70BF

analogous

#BF7C5E #BFAD5E #A0BF5E

triadic

#BFAD5E #5EBFAD #AD5EBF

tetradic

#BFAD5E #5EBF7C #5E70BF #BF5EA0

square

#BFAD5E #5EBF7C #5E70BF #BF5EA0

split-complementary

#BFAD5E #5EA0BF #7C5EBF

monochromatic

#74672E #A08E40 #BFAD5E #D0C38A #E2DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD5E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD5E	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BBA957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.102 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58d',
    500: '#bfad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad5e;
$custom-light: #d4c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.866,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD5E

secondary

#A8B0D0

accent

#6CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD5E

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

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