#BFAE5E#BFAE5E

#BFAE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE5E
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -4.50, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 43.17, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0136 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.103 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6435, 42.1581, 16.6893)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE5E #5E6FBF

analogous

#BF7D5E #BFAE5E #9FBF5E

triadic

#BFAE5E #5EBFAE #AE5EBF

tetradic

#BFAE5E #5EBF7D #5E6FBF #BF5E9F

square

#BFAE5E #5EBF7D #5E6FBF #BF5E9F

split-complementary

#BFAE5E #5E9FBF #7D5EBF

monochromatic

#74682E #A08F40 #BFAE5E #D0C48A #E2DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BFAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE5E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE5E	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)

#BCAA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68d',
    500: '#bfae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae5e;
$custom-light: #d4c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7483,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE5E

secondary

#A8AFD0

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE5E

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

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