#BFAE50#BFAE50

#BFAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE50
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -5.66, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 49.86, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0186 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.116 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0713, 41.9292, 13.6756)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE50 #5061BF

analogous

#BF7650 #BFAE50 #98BF50

triadic

#BFAE50 #50BFAE #AE50BF

tetradic

#BFAE50 #50BF76 #5061BF #BF5098

square

#BFAE50 #50BF76 #5061BF #BF5098

split-complementary

#BFAE50 #5098BF #7650BF

monochromatic

#6D6228 #9A8B38 #BFAE50 #CFC37D #E0D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BFAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE50

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE50	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c584',
    500: '#bfae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae50;
$custom-light: #d5c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74654,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE50

secondary

#9DA5CD

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE50

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

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