#BFAE79#BFAE79

#BFAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.073 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE79
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -1.68, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 29.50, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.003 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.073 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0738, 42.7302, 24.2223)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE79 #798ABF

analogous

#BF8B79 #BFAE79 #ADBF79

triadic

#BFAE79 #79BFAE #AE79BF

tetradic

#BFAE79 #79BF8B #798ABF #BF79AD

square

#BFAE79 #79BF8B #798ABF #BF79AD

split-complementary

#BFAE79 #79ADBF #8B79BF

monochromatic

#80703D #AA9451 #BFAE79 #D3C7A2 #E7E0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BFAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE79

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE79	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.073 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c6a0',
    500: '#bfae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae79;
$custom-light: #d3c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.07309,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE79

secondary

#BDC3D7

accent

#54AE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE79

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

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