#BFAE4D#BFAE4D

#BFAE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE4D
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 59.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -5.88, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 51.23, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0195 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9629, 41.8859, 13.1048)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE4D #4D5EBF

analogous

#BF754D #BFAE4D #97BF4D

triadic

#BFAE4D #4DBFAE #AE4DBF

tetradic

#BFAE4D #4DBF75 #4D5EBF #BF4D97

square

#BFAE4D #4DBF75 #4D5EBF #BF4D97

split-complementary

#BFAE4D #4D97BF #754DBF

monochromatic

#6B6127 #988A37 #BFAE4D #CFC27A #DFD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BFAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE4D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE4D	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c582',
    500: '#bfae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae4d;
$custom-light: #d5c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE4D

secondary

#9BA3CD

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE4D

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

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