#BFAC4E#BFAC4E

#BFAC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAC4E
RGB	rgb(191, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -4.76, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 50.07, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0162 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.116 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.6150, 41.1331, 13.1644)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAC4E #4E61BF

analogous

#BF744E #BFAC4E #99BF4E

triadic

#BFAC4E #4EBFAC #AC4EBF

tetradic

#BFAC4E #4EBF74 #4E61BF #BF4E99

square

#BFAC4E #4EBF74 #4E61BF #BF4E99

split-complementary

#BFAC4E #4E99BF #744EBF

monochromatic

#6C6027 #998837 #BFAC4E #CFC17B #E0D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BFAC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAC4E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAC4E	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c483',
    500: '#bfac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfac4e;
$custom-light: #d5c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74209,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAC4E

secondary

#9CA4CD

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAC4E

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

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