#BFAE4A#BFAE4A

#BFAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE4A
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 61.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -6.09, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 52.59, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0205 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8594, 41.8445, 12.5598)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE4A #4A5BBF

analogous

#BF744A #BFAE4A #96BF4A

triadic

#BFAE4A #4ABFAE #AE4ABF

tetradic

#BFAE4A #4ABF74 #4A5BBF #BF4A96

square

#BFAE4A #4ABF74 #4A5BBF #BF4A96

split-complementary

#BFAE4A #4A96BF #744ABF

monochromatic

#695F25 #978835 #BFAE4A #CFC277 #DFD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BFAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE4A

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE4A	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c580',
    500: '#bfae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae4a;
$custom-light: #d5c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE4A

secondary

#99A0CC

accent

#64D750

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE4A

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

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