#BFAB32#BFAB32

#BFAB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB32
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 73.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -5.88, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.40, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0226 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6263, 40.4342, 8.8924)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB32 #3246BF

analogous

#BF6432 #BFAB32 #8DBF32

triadic

#BFAB32 #32BFAB #AB32BF

tetradic

#BFAB32 #32BF64 #3246BF #BF328D

square

#BFAB32 #32BF64 #3246BF #BF328D

split-complementary

#BFAB32 #328DBF #6432BF

monochromatic

#5E5419 #8E8025 #BFAB32 #D4C35A #E1D48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BFAB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB32

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB32	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c372',
    500: '#bfab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab32;
$custom-light: #d6c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73748,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB32

secondary

#828CCB

accent

#5CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB32

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

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