#BFAB38#BFAB38

#BFAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB38
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -5.59, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 59.15, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0211 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7643, 40.4895, 9.6194)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB38 #384CBF

analogous

#BF6738 #BFAB38 #8FBF38

triadic

#BFAB38 #38BFAB #AB38BF

tetradic

#BFAB38 #38BF67 #384CBF #BF388F

square

#BFAB38 #38BF67 #384CBF #BF388F

split-complementary

#BFAB38 #388FBF #6738BF

monochromatic

#60561C #90812A #BFAB38 #D1C163 #DFD492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BFAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB38

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB38	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c376',
    500: '#bfab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab38;
$custom-light: #d6c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73791,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB38

secondary

#8992CA

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB38

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

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