#BFAE61#BFAE61

#BFAE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE61
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -4.23, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 41.69, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0125 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.1 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7808, 42.2130, 17.4121)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE61 #6172BF

analogous

#BF7F61 #BFAE61 #A1BF61

triadic

#BFAE61 #61BFAE #AE61BF

tetradic

#BFAE61 #61BF7F #6172BF #BF61A1

square

#BFAE61 #61BF7F #6172BF #BF61A1

split-complementary

#BFAE61 #61A1BF #7F61BF

monochromatic

#766930 #A19041 #BFAE61 #D1C48D #E2DBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BFAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE61

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE61	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)

#BCAA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68f',
    500: '#bfae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae61;
$custom-light: #d4c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE61

secondary

#ABB2D1

accent

#6CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE61

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

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