#BFAE4F#BFAE4F

#BFAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE4F
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -5.74, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 50.32, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0189 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0346, 41.9146, 13.4825)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE4F #4F60BF

analogous

#BF764F #BFAE4F #98BF4F

triadic

#BFAE4F #4FBFAE #AE4FBF

tetradic

#BFAE4F #4FBF76 #4F60BF #BF4F98

square

#BFAE4F #4FBF76 #4F60BF #BF4F98

split-complementary

#BFAE4F #4F98BF #764FBF

monochromatic

#6C6227 #998A38 #BFAE4F #CFC37C #E0D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BFAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE4F

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE4F	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)

#BDAA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c584',
    500: '#bfae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae4f;
$custom-light: #d5c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74643,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE4F

secondary

#9DA4CD

accent

#66D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE4F

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

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