#BFAF5E#BFAF5E

#BFAF5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.104 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAF5E
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -5.03, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 43.54, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0152 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.104 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8374, 42.5459, 16.7539)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAF5E #5E6EBF

analogous

#BF7E5E #BFAF5E #9EBF5E

triadic

#BFAF5E #5EBFAF #AF5EBF

tetradic

#BFAF5E #5EBF7E #5E6EBF #BF5E9E

square

#BFAF5E #5EBF7E #5E6EBF #BF5E9E

split-complementary

#BFAF5E #5E9EBF #7E5EBF

monochromatic

#74692E #A09040 #BFAF5E #D0C58A #E2DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFAF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BFAF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAF5E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAF5E	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaf5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.104 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c68d',
    500: '#bfaf5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaf5e;
$custom-light: #d4c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaf5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7504,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAF5E

secondary

#A8AFD0

accent

#6AD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAF5E

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

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