#BFAE46#BFAE46

#BFAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE46
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -6.36, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 54.36, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0217 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.7289, 41.7923, 11.8725)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE46 #4657BF

analogous

#BF7146 #BFAE46 #93BF46

triadic

#BFAE46 #46BFAE #AE46BF

tetradic

#BFAE46 #46BF71 #4657BF #BF4693

square

#BFAE46 #46BF71 #4657BF #BF4693

split-complementary

#BFAE46 #4693BF #7146BF

monochromatic

#675E24 #948733 #BFAE46 #CFC273 #DED6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BFAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE46

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE46	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c57e',
    500: '#bfae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae46;
$custom-light: #d5c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE46

secondary

#969DCB

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE46

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

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