#BFAE57#BFAE57

#BFAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE57
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -5.11, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 46.56, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0162 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.11 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3435, 42.0381, 15.1094)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE57 #5768BF

analogous

#BF7A57 #BFAE57 #9CBF57

triadic

#BFAE57 #57BFAE #AE57BF

tetradic

#BFAE57 #57BF7A #5768BF #BF579C

square

#BFAE57 #57BF7A #5768BF #BF579C

split-complementary

#BFAE57 #579CBF #7A57BF

monochromatic

#71652B #9D8D3C #BFAE57 #D0C383 #E1D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BFAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE57

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE57	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c589',
    500: '#bfae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae57;
$custom-light: #d5c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE57

secondary

#A3AACF

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE57

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

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