#BFAB30#BFAB30

#BFAB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB30
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 74.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -5.97, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 62.12, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0231 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5840, 40.4174, 8.6701)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB30 #3044BF

analogous

#BF6330 #BFAB30 #8CBF30

triadic

#BFAB30 #30BFAB #AB30BF

tetradic

#BFAB30 #30BF63 #3044BF #BF308C

square

#BFAB30 #30BF63 #3044BF #BF308C

split-complementary

#BFAB30 #308CBF #6330BF

monochromatic

#5D5317 #8E7F24 #BFAB30 #D5C357 #E1D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BFAB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB30

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB30	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c371',
    500: '#bfab30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab30;
$custom-light: #d6c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB30

secondary

#808ACB

accent

#5BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB30

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

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