#BFAB34#BFAB34

#BFAB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB34
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 72.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -5.79, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 60.67, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0221 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6704, 40.4519, 9.1246)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB34 #3448BF

analogous

#BF6534 #BFAB34 #8DBF34

triadic

#BFAB34 #34BFAB #AB34BF

tetradic

#BFAB34 #34BF65 #3448BF #BF348D

square

#BFAB34 #34BF65 #3448BF #BF348D

split-complementary

#BFAB34 #348DBF #6534BF

monochromatic

#5F551A #8F8027 #BFAB34 #D3C25D #E0D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BFAB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB34

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB34	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)

#BCA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c374',
    500: '#bfab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab34;
$custom-light: #d6c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB34

secondary

#848ECA

accent

#5DE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB34

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

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