#BFAE59#BFAE59

#BFAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE59
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -4.94, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 45.60, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0154 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.108 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4264, 42.0713, 15.5457)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE59 #596ABF

analogous

#BF7B59 #BFAE59 #9DBF59

triadic

#BFAE59 #59BFAE #AE59BF

tetradic

#BFAE59 #59BF7B #596ABF #BF599D

square

#BFAE59 #59BF7B #596ABF #BF599D

split-complementary

#BFAE59 #599DBF #7B59BF

monochromatic

#72662C #9E8E3D #BFAE59 #D0C485 #E1D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BFAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE59

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE59	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)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58a',
    500: '#bfae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae59;
$custom-light: #d4c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE59

secondary

#A4ACCF

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE59

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

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