#BFAE78#BFAE78

#BFAE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.074 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE78
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -1.80, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 30.02, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0034 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.074 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0128, 42.7058, 23.9010)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE78 #7889BF

analogous

#BF8A78 #BFAE78 #ACBF78

triadic

#BFAE78 #78BFAE #AE78BF

tetradic

#BFAE78 #78BF8A #7889BF #BF78AC

square

#BFAE78 #78BF8A #7889BF #BF78AC

split-complementary

#BFAE78 #78ACBF #8A78BF

monochromatic

#80703D #A99450 #BFAE78 #D3C7A2 #E6E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFAE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BFAE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE78

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE78	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)

#B9AC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.074 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c69f',
    500: '#bfae78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae78;
$custom-light: #d3c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75248,
    "c": 0.07426,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE78

secondary

#BCC2D7

accent

#54AF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE78

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

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