#BFAE53#BFAE53

#BFAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE53
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -5.43, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 48.46, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0175 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1846, 41.9746, 14.2725)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE53 #5364BF

analogous

#BF7853 #BFAE53 #9ABF53

triadic

#BFAE53 #53BFAE #AE53BF

tetradic

#BFAE53 #53BF78 #5364BF #BF539A

square

#BFAE53 #53BF78 #5364BF #BF539A

split-complementary

#BFAE53 #539ABF #7853BF

monochromatic

#6E6429 #9B8C3A #BFAE53 #D0C380 #E0D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BFAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE53

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE53	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)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c586',
    500: '#bfae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae53;
$custom-light: #d5c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE53

secondary

#A0A7CE

accent

#67D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE53

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

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