#BFAE73#BFAE73

#BFAE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.080 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE73
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -2.37, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 32.59, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0055 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.08 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7173, 42.5876, 22.3444)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE73 #7384BF

analogous

#BF8873 #BFAE73 #AABF73

triadic

#BFAE73 #73BFAE #AE73BF

tetradic

#BFAE73 #73BF88 #7384BF #BF73AA

square

#BFAE73 #73BF88 #7384BF #BF73AA

split-complementary

#BFAE73 #73AABF #8873BF

monochromatic

#7E6F3A #A8944D #BFAE73 #D2C69D #E5DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BFAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE73

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE73	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.080 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69c',
    500: '#bfae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae73;
$custom-light: #d3c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75158,
    "c": 0.08006,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE73

secondary

#B8BFD6

accent

#74CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE73

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

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