#BFAE5D#BFAE5D

#BFAE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.104 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE5D
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 51.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -4.59, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 43.66, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.014 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.104 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5989, 42.1403, 16.4545)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE5D #5D6EBF

analogous

#BF7D5D #BFAE5D #9FBF5D

triadic

#BFAE5D #5DBFAE #AE5DBF

tetradic

#BFAE5D #5DBF7D #5D6EBF #BF5D9F

square

#BFAE5D #5DBF7D #5D6EBF #BF5D9F

split-complementary

#BFAE5D #5D9FBF #7D5DBF

monochromatic

#74682E #A08F3F #BFAE5D #D0C489 #E2DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BFAE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE5D

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE5D	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.104 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c58d',
    500: '#bfae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae5d;
$custom-light: #d4c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74816,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE5D

secondary

#A8AFD0

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE5D

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

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