#BFAE5A#BFAE5A

#BFAE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE5A
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 52.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -4.85, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 45.12, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0151 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.107 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4687, 42.0882, 15.7684)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE5A #5A6BBF

analogous

#BF7B5A #BFAE5A #9DBF5A

triadic

#BFAE5A #5ABFAE #AE5ABF

tetradic

#BFAE5A #5ABF7B #5A6BBF #BF5A9D

square

#BFAE5A #5ABF7B #5A6BBF #BF5A9D

split-complementary

#BFAE5A #5A9DBF #7B5ABF

monochromatic

#72672C #9E8E3D #BFAE5A #D0C486 #E1D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BFAE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE5A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE5A	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58b',
    500: '#bfae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae5a;
$custom-light: #d4c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74776,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE5A

secondary

#A5ACD0

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE5A

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

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