#BFAD74#BFAD74

#BFAD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.078 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD74
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 39.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -1.73, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 31.70, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0035 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.078 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5827, 42.2258, 22.5850)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD74 #7486BF

analogous

#BF8774 #BFAD74 #ABBF74

triadic

#BFAD74 #74BFAD #AD74BF

tetradic

#BFAD74 #74BF87 #7486BF #BF74AB

square

#BFAD74 #74BF87 #7486BF #BF74AB

split-complementary

#BFAD74 #74ABBF #8774BF

monochromatic

#7E6E3A #A8934D #BFAD74 #D2C69E #E6DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BFAD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD74

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD74	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.078 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c59c',
    500: '#bfad74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad74;
$custom-light: #d3c59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74968,
    "c": 0.07804,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD74

secondary

#B9C0D6

accent

#53B036

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD74

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

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