#BFAB3B#BFAB3B

#BFAB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB3B
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -5.44, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 57.96, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0204 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.8399, 40.5197, 10.0174)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB3B #3B4FBF

analogous

#BF693B #BFAB3B #91BF3B

triadic

#BFAB3B #3BBFAB #AB3BBF

tetradic

#BFAB3B #3BBF69 #3B4FBF #BF3B91

square

#BFAB3B #3BBF69 #3B4FBF #BF3B91

split-complementary

#BFAB3B #3B91BF #693BBF

monochromatic

#61571E #90812D #BFAB3B #D0C067 #DFD496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BFAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB3B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB3B	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)

#BBA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c377',
    500: '#bfab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab3b;
$custom-light: #d6c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB3B

secondary

#8C95CA

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB3B

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

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