What is hex #BFAD5F color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 75% red, 68% green and 37% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (191,173,95).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 9%, 50%, 25%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BFAD5F features a hue of 49°, 50% saturation, and a brightness value of 75%.

Hex #BFAD5F Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BFAD5F
RGB Values (191,173,95)
CMYK Values (0%, 9%, 50%, 25%)
HSV/HSB Values (49°, 50%, 75%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC9966 [Brown Yellow]
Inverse Color
#4052A0
Closest Pantone®
617 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1002 [Sand yellow]
Complementary Color
#5F71BF

#BFAD5F Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#999999
Lightness (Desaturation)
#8F8F8F
Weighted (BT601)
#A9A9A9
Luma (BT709)
#ABABAB

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BFAD5F complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BFAD5F

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BFAD5F.

Contrast Ratio: 2.24:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #BFAD5F

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BFAD5F.

Contrast Ratio: 9.36:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #BFAD5F Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BFAD5F is #5F71BF. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BFAD5F you will find #5F71BF. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BFAD5F #5F71BF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BFAD5F is composed with colors #BF7D5F and #A1BF5F. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BFAD5F with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#BF7D5F #BFAD5F #A1BF5F

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BFAD5F is composed with colors #7D5FBF and #5FA1BF. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BFAD5F #7D5FBF #5FA1BF

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BFAD5F is composed with colors #AD5FBF and #5FBFAD. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BFAD5F with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BFAD5F #AD5FBF #5FBFAD

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BFAD5F is composed with colors #5FBFAD, #5F71BF and #BF5F71 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BFAD5F #5FBFAD #5F71BF #BF5F71

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BFAD5F is composed with colors #5FBF7D, #5F71BF and #BF5FA1 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BFAD5F #5FBF7D #5F71BF #BF5FA1

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BFAD5F

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BFAD5F.

#BFAD5F #C4B46D #CABB7C #D0C38A #D6CA99 #DCD2A7 #E1D9B6 #E7E1C5

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BFAD5F #B4A669 #A99F74 #9E987F #93918A #8F8F8F

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BFAD5F #B9A550 #AF9B46 #A08E40 #92813A #837434 #74672E #665A28

Hex #BFAD5F in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BFAD5F
Java new Color(191,173,95);
Python Color(#BFAD5F)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 191,173,95);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.75, green: 0.68, blue: 0.37, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(191, 173, 95)