#BFAB33#BFAB33

#BFAB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB33
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -5.84, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.04, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0224 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6481, 40.4430, 9.0072)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB33 #3347BF

analogous

#BF6533 #BFAB33 #8DBF33

triadic

#BFAB33 #33BFAB #AB33BF

tetradic

#BFAB33 #33BF65 #3347BF #BF338D

square

#BFAB33 #33BF65 #3347BF #BF338D

split-complementary

#BFAB33 #338DBF #6533BF

monochromatic

#5E5519 #8F8026 #BFAB33 #D3C25C #E0D48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BFAB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB33

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB33	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)

#BCA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c373',
    500: '#bfab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab33;
$custom-light: #d6c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73755,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB33

secondary

#838DCB

accent

#5DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB33

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

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