#BFAE3E#BFAE3E

#BFAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE3E
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -6.85, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 57.73, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.024 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4930, 41.6979, 10.6301)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE3E #3E4FBF

analogous

#BF6E3E #BFAE3E #90BF3E

triadic

#BFAE3E #3EBFAE #AE3EBF

tetradic

#BFAE3E #3EBF6E #3E4FBF #BF3E90

square

#BFAE3E #3EBF6E #3E4FBF #BF3E90

split-complementary

#BFAE3E #3E90BF #6E3EBF

monochromatic

#635A20 #91842F #BFAE3E #CFC26B #DED599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BFAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE3E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE3E	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c579',
    500: '#bfae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae3e;
$custom-light: #d6c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74476,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE3E

secondary

#8F97CA

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE3E

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

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