#BFAE4C#BFAE4C

#BFAE4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE4C
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -5.95, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 51.69, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0199 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9279, 41.8719, 12.9203)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE4C #4C5DBF

analogous

#BF744C #BFAE4C #97BF4C

triadic

#BFAE4C #4CBFAE #AE4CBF

tetradic

#BFAE4C #4CBF74 #4C5DBF #BF4C97

square

#BFAE4C #4CBF74 #4C5DBF #BF4C97

split-complementary

#BFAE4C #4C97BF #744CBF

monochromatic

#6B6026 #988936 #BFAE4C #CFC279 #DFD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BFAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE4C

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE4C	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)

#BDAA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c582',
    500: '#bfae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae4c;
$custom-light: #d5c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7461,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE4C

secondary

#9AA2CC

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE4C

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

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