#BFAE72#BFAE72

#BFAE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.081 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE72
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -2.48, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 33.10, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0059 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.081 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6600, 42.5647, 22.0430)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE72 #7283BF

analogous

#BF8772 #BFAE72 #AABF72

triadic

#BFAE72 #72BFAE #AE72BF

tetradic

#BFAE72 #72BF87 #7283BF #BF72AA

square

#BFAE72 #72BF87 #7283BF #BF72AA

split-complementary

#BFAE72 #72AABF #8772BF

monochromatic

#7E6E39 #A8934C #BFAE72 #D2C69C #E5DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BFAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE72

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE72	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.081 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69b',
    500: '#bfae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae72;
$custom-light: #d3c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75141,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE72

secondary

#B8BED5

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE72

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

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