#BFAE5C#BFAE5C

#BFAE5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.105 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE5C
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 51.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -4.68, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 44.14, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0144 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.105 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5549, 42.1227, 16.2227)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE5C #5C6DBF

analogous

#BF7C5C #BFAE5C #9EBF5C

triadic

#BFAE5C #5CBFAE #AE5CBF

tetradic

#BFAE5C #5CBF7C #5C6DBF #BF5C9E

square

#BFAE5C #5CBF7C #5C6DBF #BF5C9E

split-complementary

#BFAE5C #5C9EBF #7C5CBF

monochromatic

#73672D #9F8F3F #BFAE5C #D0C488 #E2DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BFAE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE5C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE5C	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)

#BCAA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.105 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58c',
    500: '#bfae5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae5c;
$custom-light: #d4c58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE5C

secondary

#A7AED0

accent

#6AD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE5C

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

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