#BFAE5B#BFAE5B

#BFAE5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE5B
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -4.77, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 44.63, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0147 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.106 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.5115, 42.1053, 15.9940)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE5B #5B6CBF

analogous

#BF7C5B #BFAE5B #9EBF5B

triadic

#BFAE5B #5BBFAE #AE5BBF

tetradic

#BFAE5B #5BBF7C #5B6CBF #BF5B9E

square

#BFAE5B #5BBF7C #5B6CBF #BF5B9E

split-complementary

#BFAE5B #5B9EBF #7C5BBF

monochromatic

#73672D #9F8E3E #BFAE5B #D0C487 #E1D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BFAE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE5B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE5B	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)

#BCAA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58b',
    500: '#bfae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae5b;
$custom-light: #d4c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74789,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.42104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE5B

secondary

#A6ADD0

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE5B

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

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