#BFAE51#BFAE51

#BFAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE51
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -5.58, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 49.39, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0182 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.115 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1085, 41.9441, 13.8717)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE51 #5162BF

analogous

#BF7751 #BFAE51 #99BF51

triadic

#BFAE51 #51BFAE #AE51BF

tetradic

#BFAE51 #51BF77 #5162BF #BF5199

square

#BFAE51 #51BF77 #5162BF #BF5199

split-complementary

#BFAE51 #5199BF #7751BF

monochromatic

#6D6328 #9A8B39 #BFAE51 #CFC37E #E0D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BFAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE51

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE51	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)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c585',
    500: '#bfae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae51;
$custom-light: #d5c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74665,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE51

secondary

#9EA6CE

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE51

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

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