#BFAE2E#BFAE2E

#BFAE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE2E
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -7.63, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 63.72, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0279 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.141 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1168, 41.5474, 8.6486)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE2E #2E3FBF

analogous

#BF662E #BFAE2E #87BF2E

triadic

#BFAE2E #2EBFAE #AE2EBF

tetradic

#BFAE2E #2EBF66 #2E3FBF #BF2E87

square

#BFAE2E #2EBF66 #2E3FBF #BF2E87

split-complementary

#BFAE2E #2E87BF #662EBF

monochromatic

#5C5416 #8E8122 #BFAE2E #D6C754 #E2D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BFAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE2E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE2E	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c571',
    500: '#bfae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae2e;
$custom-light: #d6c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74359,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE2E

secondary

#7E87CB

accent

#56E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE2E

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

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