#BFAE52#BFAE52

#BFAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE52
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -5.51, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 48.93, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0179 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.1463, 41.9592, 14.0706)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE52 #5263BF

analogous

#BF7752 #BFAE52 #99BF52

triadic

#BFAE52 #52BFAE #AE52BF

tetradic

#BFAE52 #52BF77 #5263BF #BF5299

square

#BFAE52 #52BF77 #5263BF #BF5299

split-complementary

#BFAE52 #5299BF #7752BF

monochromatic

#6E6329 #9B8B39 #BFAE52 #D0C37F #E0D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BFAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE52

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE52	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)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c585',
    500: '#bfae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae52;
$custom-light: #d5c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.41958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE52

secondary

#9FA6CE

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE52

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

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