#BFAF5B#BFAF5B

#BFAF5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF5B
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -5.30, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 45.01, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0162 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.107 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7054, 42.4931, 16.0587)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF5B #5B6BBF

analogous

#BF7D5B #BFAF5B #9DBF5B

triadic

#BFAF5B #5BBFAF #AF5BBF

tetradic

#BFAF5B #5BBF7D #5B6BBF #BF5B9D

square

#BFAF5B #5BBF7D #5B6BBF #BF5B9D

split-complementary

#BFAF5B #5B9DBF #7D5BBF

monochromatic

#73682D #9F8F3E #BFAF5B #D0C487 #E1DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BFAF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF5B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF5B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68b',
    500: '#bfaf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf5b;
$custom-light: #d4c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF5B

secondary

#A6ADD0

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF5B

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

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