#BFAE5F#BFAE5F

#BFAE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE5F
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 50.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -4.41, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 42.68, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0133 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.102 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6887, 42.1762, 16.9271)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE5F #5F70BF

analogous

#BF7E5F #BFAE5F #A0BF5F

triadic

#BFAE5F #5FBFAE #AE5FBF

tetradic

#BFAE5F #5FBF7E #5F70BF #BF5FA0

square

#BFAE5F #5FBF7E #5F70BF #BF5FA0

split-complementary

#BFAE5F #5FA0BF #7E5FBF

monochromatic

#75682F #A19040 #BFAE5F #D0C48B #E2DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFAE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BFAE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE5F

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE5F	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)

#BCAA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68e',
    500: '#bfae5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae5f;
$custom-light: #d4c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74844,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE5F

secondary

#A9B0D1

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE5F

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

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