#BFAE7B#BFAE7B

#BFAE7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.071 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE7B
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 123)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 35.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -1.44, 28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 28.47, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0022 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.071 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1977, 42.7798, 24.8749)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE7B #7B8CBF

analogous

#BF8C7B #BFAE7B #AEBF7B

triadic

#BFAE7B #7BBFAE #AE7BBF

tetradic

#BFAE7B #7BBF8C #7B8CBF #BF7BAE

square

#BFAE7B #7BBF8C #7B8CBF #BF7BAE

split-complementary

#BFAE7B #7BAEBF #8C7BBF

monochromatic

#81703F #AA9453 #BFAE7B #D3C7A4 #E7E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFAE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BFAE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE7B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE7B	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.071 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c6a1',
    500: '#bfae7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae7b;
$custom-light: #d3c6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75304,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE7B

secondary

#BEC5D8

accent

#55AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE7B

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

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