#BFAE70#BFAE70

#BFAE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.083 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE70
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 41.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -2.71, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 34.13, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0067 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.083 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5475, 42.5197, 21.4500)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE70 #7081BF

analogous

#BF8770 #BFAE70 #A8BF70

triadic

#BFAE70 #70BFAE #AE70BF

tetradic

#BFAE70 #70BF87 #7081BF #BF70A8

square

#BFAE70 #70BF87 #7081BF #BF70A8

split-complementary

#BFAE70 #70A8BF #8770BF

monochromatic

#7D6E38 #A7934B #BFAE70 #D2C69A #E5DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BFAE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE70

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE70	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)

#BAAB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.083 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69a',
    500: '#bfae70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae70;
$custom-light: #d3c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75106,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE70

secondary

#B6BDD5

accent

#73CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE70

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

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