#BFAE64#BFAE64

#BFAE64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.097 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE64
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 100)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 47.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -3.94, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 40.20, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0114 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.097 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9233, 42.2700, 18.1628)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE64 #6475BF

analogous

#BF8164 #BFAE64 #A3BF64

triadic

#BFAE64 #64BFAE #AE64BF

tetradic

#BFAE64 #64BF81 #6475BF #BF64A3

square

#BFAE64 #64BF81 #6475BF #BF64A3

split-complementary

#BFAE64 #64A3BF #8164BF

monochromatic

#776A31 #A39143 #BFAE64 #D1C58F #E3DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAE64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BFAE64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE64

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE64	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)

#BBAB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.097 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c691',
    500: '#bfae64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae64;
$custom-light: #d4c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.791,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE64

secondary

#ADB4D2

accent

#6DD156

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE64

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

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