#BFAE66#BFAE66

#BFAE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.095 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE66
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 46.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -3.75, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 39.19, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0106 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.095 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0213, 42.3092, 18.6788)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE66 #6677BF

analogous

#BF8166 #BFAE66 #A4BF66

triadic

#BFAE66 #66BFAE #AE66BF

tetradic

#BFAE66 #66BF81 #6677BF #BF66A4

square

#BFAE66 #66BF81 #6677BF #BF66A4

split-complementary

#BFAE66 #66A4BF #8166BF

monochromatic

#786B32 #A39144 #BFAE66 #D1C591 #E3DCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BFAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE66

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE66	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)

#BBAB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.095 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c693',
    500: '#bfae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae66;
$custom-light: #d4c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.539,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE66

secondary

#AEB5D2

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE66

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

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