#BFAE77#BFAE77

#BFAE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.075 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE77
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 37.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -1.91, 30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 30.53, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0038 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.075 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9525, 42.6817, 23.5830)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE77 #7788BF

analogous

#BF8A77 #BFAE77 #ACBF77

triadic

#BFAE77 #77BFAE #AE77BF

tetradic

#BFAE77 #77BF8A #7788BF #BF77AC

square

#BFAE77 #77BF8A #7788BF #BF77AC

split-complementary

#BFAE77 #77ACBF #8A77BF

monochromatic

#80703C #A99450 #BFAE77 #D3C7A1 #E6E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFAE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BFAE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE77

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE77	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.075 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69f',
    500: '#bfae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae77;
$custom-light: #d3c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7523,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE77

secondary

#BBC2D7

accent

#53AF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE77

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

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