#BFAB41#BFAB41

#BFAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB41
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -5.09, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 55.49, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0187 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0045, 40.5856, 10.8846)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB41 #4155BF

analogous

#BF6C41 #BFAB41 #94BF41

triadic

#BFAB41 #41BFAB #AB41BF

tetradic

#BFAB41 #41BF6C #4155BF #BF4194

square

#BFAB41 #41BF6C #4155BF #BF4194

split-complementary

#BFAB41 #4194BF #6C41BF

monochromatic

#645922 #928231 #BFAB41 #CEBF6F #DED39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BFAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB41

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB41	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c37b',
    500: '#bfab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab41;
$custom-light: #d6c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB41

secondary

#929BCA

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB41

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

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