#BFAE75#BFAE75

#BFAE75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.078 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE75
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 117)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 38.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -2.14, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 31.56, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0047 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.078 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8336, 42.6342, 22.9571)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE75 #7586BF

analogous

#BF8975 #BFAE75 #ABBF75

triadic

#BFAE75 #75BFAE #AE75BF

tetradic

#BFAE75 #75BF89 #7586BF #BF75AB

square

#BFAE75 #75BF89 #7586BF #BF75AB

split-complementary

#BFAE75 #75ABBF #8975BF

monochromatic

#7F6F3B #A9944E #BFAE75 #D2C79F #E6DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFAE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BFAE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE75

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE75	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.078 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69d',
    500: '#bfae75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae75;
$custom-light: #d3c69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75194,
    "c": 0.07776,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE75

secondary

#BAC0D6

accent

#52B036

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE75

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

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