#BFAB39#BFAB39

#BFAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB39
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -5.54, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 58.76, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0209 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7890, 40.4993, 9.7495)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB39 #394DBF

analogous

#BF6839 #BFAB39 #90BF39

triadic

#BFAB39 #39BFAB #AB39BF

tetradic

#BFAB39 #39BF68 #394DBF #BF3990

square

#BFAB39 #39BF68 #394DBF #BF3990

split-complementary

#BFAB39 #3990BF #6839BF

monochromatic

#61571D #90812B #BFAB39 #D1C164 #DFD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BFAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB39

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB39	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)

#BBA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c376',
    500: '#bfab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab39;
$custom-light: #d6c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73799,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB39

secondary

#8A93CA

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB39

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

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