#BFAE62#BFAE62

#BFAE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE62
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 48.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -4.13, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 41.19, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0121 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.099 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8277, 42.2318, 17.6592)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE62 #6273BF

analogous

#BF8062 #BFAE62 #A2BF62

triadic

#BFAE62 #62BFAE #AE62BF

tetradic

#BFAE62 #62BF80 #6273BF #BF62A2

square

#BFAE62 #62BF80 #6273BF #BF62A2

split-complementary

#BFAE62 #62A2BF #8062BF

monochromatic

#766A30 #A29042 #BFAE62 #D1C48D #E2DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BFAE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE62

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE62	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c690',
    500: '#bfae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae62;
$custom-light: #d4c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.032,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74886,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE62

secondary

#ABB2D1

accent

#6DD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE62

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

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