#BFAE55#BFAE55

#BFAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE55
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -5.27, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 47.51, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0169 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.112 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2630, 42.0059, 14.6850)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE55 #5566BF

analogous

#BF7955 #BFAE55 #9BBF55

triadic

#BFAE55 #55BFAE #AE55BF

tetradic

#BFAE55 #55BF79 #5566BF #BF559B

square

#BFAE55 #55BF79 #5566BF #BF559B

split-complementary

#BFAE55 #559BBF #7955BF

monochromatic

#70642A #9C8C3B #BFAE55 #D0C381 #E0D8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BFAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE55

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE55	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)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c587',
    500: '#bfae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae55;
$custom-light: #d5c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74713,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE55

secondary

#A1A9CE

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE55

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

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