#BFAE6D#BFAE6D

#BFAE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.087 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE6D
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -3.03, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 35.66, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0079 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.087 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3832, 42.4540, 20.5849)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE6D #6D7EBF

analogous

#BF856D #BFAE6D #A7BF6D

triadic

#BFAE6D #6DBFAE #AE6DBF

tetradic

#BFAE6D #6DBF85 #6D7EBF #BF6DA7

square

#BFAE6D #6DBF85 #6D7EBF #BF6DA7

split-complementary

#BFAE6D #6DA7BF #856DBF

monochromatic

#7B6D36 #A69349 #BFAE6D #D2C698 #E4DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BFAE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE6D

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE6D	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.087 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c698',
    500: '#bfae6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae6d;
$custom-light: #d4c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.561,
    "s": 39.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75056,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE6D

secondary

#B4BAD4

accent

#71CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE6D

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

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