#BFAE69#BFAE69

#BFAE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.091 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE69
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 45%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -3.45, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 37.68, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0094 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.091 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1728, 42.3698, 19.4766)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE69 #697ABF

analogous

#BF8369 #BFAE69 #A5BF69

triadic

#BFAE69 #69BFAE #AE69BF

tetradic

#BFAE69 #69BF83 #697ABF #BF69A5

square

#BFAE69 #69BF83 #697ABF #BF69A5

split-complementary

#BFAE69 #69A5BF #8369BF

monochromatic

#7A6C34 #A59246 #BFAE69 #D1C594 #E4DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BFAE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE69

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE69	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.091 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c695',
    500: '#bfae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae69;
$custom-light: #d4c695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.14,
    "s": 40.187,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE69

secondary

#B1B8D3

accent

#70D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE69

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

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