#BFAE76#BFAE76

#BFAE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.077 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE76
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 38.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -2.03, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 31.05, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0043 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.077 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8927, 42.6578, 23.2684)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE76 #7687BF

analogous

#BF8976 #BFAE76 #ABBF76

triadic

#BFAE76 #76BFAE #AE76BF

tetradic

#BFAE76 #76BF89 #7687BF #BF76AB

square

#BFAE76 #76BF89 #7687BF #BF76AB

split-complementary

#BFAE76 #76ABBF #8976BF

monochromatic

#7F6F3B #A9944F #BFAE76 #D2C7A0 #E6DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFAE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BFAE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE76

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE76	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)

#B9AC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.077 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69e',
    500: '#bfae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae76;
$custom-light: #d3c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 36.318,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE76

secondary

#BBC1D6

accent

#52AF36

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE76

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

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