#BFAE4B#BFAE4B

#BFAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE4B
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -6.02, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 52.14, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0202 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8934, 41.8581, 12.7386)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE4B #4B5CBF

analogous

#BF744B #BFAE4B #96BF4B

triadic

#BFAE4B #4BBFAE #AE4BBF

tetradic

#BFAE4B #4BBF74 #4B5CBF #BF4B96

square

#BFAE4B #4BBF74 #4B5CBF #BF4B96

split-complementary

#BFAE4B #4B96BF #744BBF

monochromatic

#6A6026 #978936 #BFAE4B #CFC278 #DFD7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BFAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE4B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE4B	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)

#BDAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c581',
    500: '#bfae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae4b;
$custom-light: #d5c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE4B

secondary

#9AA1CC

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE4B

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

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