#BFAE6F#BFAE6F

#BFAE6F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.085 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE6F
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 111)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 41.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -2.81, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 34.64, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0071 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.085 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4921, 42.4975, 21.1584)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE6F #6F80BF

analogous

#BF866F #BFAE6F #A8BF6F

triadic

#BFAE6F #6FBFAE #AE6FBF

tetradic

#BFAE6F #6FBF86 #6F80BF #BF6FA8

square

#BFAE6F #6FBF86 #6F80BF #BF6FA8

split-complementary

#BFAE6F #6FA8BF #866FBF

monochromatic

#7C6E37 #A7934A #BFAE6F #D2C699 #E5DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAE6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BFAE6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE6F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE6F	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.085 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c699',
    500: '#bfae6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae6f;
$custom-light: #d4c699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.25,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE6F

secondary

#B5BCD5

accent

#72CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE6F

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

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