#BFAE58#BFAE58

#BFAE58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE58
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -5.02, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 46.08, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0158 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.109 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3847, 42.0546, 15.3261)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE58 #5869BF

analogous

#BF7B58 #BFAE58 #9DBF58

triadic

#BFAE58 #58BFAE #AE58BF

tetradic

#BFAE58 #58BF7B #5869BF #BF589D

square

#BFAE58 #58BF7B #5869BF #BF589D

split-complementary

#BFAE58 #589DBF #7B58BF

monochromatic

#71662B #9D8D3C #BFAE58 #D0C384 #E1D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BFAE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE58

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE58	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)

#BCAA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c589',
    500: '#bfae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae58;
$custom-light: #d4c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7475,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE58

secondary

#A4ABCF

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE58

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

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