#BFAE65#BFAE65

#BFAE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.096 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE65
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 47.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -3.85, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 39.70, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.011 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.096 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9720, 42.2895, 18.4192)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE65 #6576BF

analogous

#BF8165 #BFAE65 #A3BF65

triadic

#BFAE65 #65BFAE #AE65BF

tetradic

#BFAE65 #65BF81 #6576BF #BF65A3

square

#BFAE65 #65BF81 #6576BF #BF65A3

split-complementary

#BFAE65 #65A3BF #8165BF

monochromatic

#786B32 #A39144 #BFAE65 #D1C590 #E3DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BFAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE65

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE65	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.096 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c692',
    500: '#bfae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae65;
$custom-light: #d4c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.667,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE65

secondary

#AEB5D2

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE65

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

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