#BFAE54#BFAE54

#BFAE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE54
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 56%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -5.35, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 47.99, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0172 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2235, 41.9901, 14.4773)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE54 #5465BF

analogous

#BF7954 #BFAE54 #9BBF54

triadic

#BFAE54 #54BFAE #AE54BF

tetradic

#BFAE54 #54BF79 #5465BF #BF549B

square

#BFAE54 #54BF79 #5465BF #BF549B

split-complementary

#BFAE54 #549BBF #7954BF

monochromatic

#6F642A #9C8C3A #BFAE54 #D0C381 #E0D8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BFAE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE54

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE54	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c587',
    500: '#bfae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae54;
$custom-light: #d5c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74701,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE54

secondary

#A1A8CE

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE54

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

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