#BFAB36#BFAB36

#BFAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB36
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -5.69, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 59.92, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0216 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7164, 40.4703, 9.3669)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB36 #364ABF

analogous

#BF6636 #BFAB36 #8EBF36

triadic

#BFAB36 #36BFAB #AB36BF

tetradic

#BFAB36 #36BF66 #364ABF #BF368E

square

#BFAB36 #36BF66 #364ABF #BF368E

split-complementary

#BFAB36 #368EBF #6636BF

monochromatic

#60561B #8F8029 #BFAB36 #D2C160 #E0D490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BFAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB36

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB36	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)

#BCA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c375',
    500: '#bfab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab36;
$custom-light: #d6c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73776,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB36

secondary

#8790CA

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB36

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

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