#BFAB40#BFAB40

#BFAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB40
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -5.15, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 55.91, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.019 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9758, 40.5741, 10.7334)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB40 #4054BF

analogous

#BF6B40 #BFAB40 #94BF40

triadic

#BFAB40 #40BFAB #AB40BF

tetradic

#BFAB40 #40BF6B #4054BF #BF4094

square

#BFAB40 #40BF6B #4054BF #BF4094

split-complementary

#BFAB40 #4094BF #6B40BF

monochromatic

#635921 #918231 #BFAB40 #CEBF6E #DED39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BFAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB40

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB40	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c37a',
    500: '#bfab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab40;
$custom-light: #d6c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB40

secondary

#919ACA

accent

#64D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB40

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

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