#BFAE56#BFAE56

#BFAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE56
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -5.19, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 47.04, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0165 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.111 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3030, 42.0219, 14.8957)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE56 #5667BF

analogous

#BF7A56 #BFAE56 #9BBF56

triadic

#BFAE56 #56BFAE #AE56BF

tetradic

#BFAE56 #56BF7A #5667BF #BF569B

square

#BFAE56 #56BF7A #5667BF #BF569B

split-complementary

#BFAE56 #569BBF #7A56BF

monochromatic

#70652A #9D8D3B #BFAE56 #D0C382 #E1D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BFAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE56

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE56	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)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c588',
    500: '#bfae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae56;
$custom-light: #d5c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74725,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE56

secondary

#A2A9CF

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE56

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

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