#BFAE60#BFAE60

#BFAE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE60
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -4.32, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 42.18, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0129 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.101 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7344, 42.1945, 17.1681)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE60 #6071BF

analogous

#BF7F60 #BFAE60 #A1BF60

triadic

#BFAE60 #60BFAE #AE60BF

tetradic

#BFAE60 #60BF7F #6071BF #BF60A1

square

#BFAE60 #60BF7F #6071BF #BF60A1

split-complementary

#BFAE60 #60A1BF #7F60BF

monochromatic

#75692F #A19041 #BFAE60 #D1C48C #E2DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BFAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE60

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE60	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68f',
    500: '#bfae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae60;
$custom-light: #d4c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74858,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE60

secondary

#AAB1D1

accent

#6CD255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE60

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

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