#BFAB42#BFAB42

#BFAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB42
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -5.03, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 55.06, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0184 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0338, 40.5972, 11.0385)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB42 #4256BF

analogous

#BF6C42 #BFAB42 #94BF42

triadic

#BFAB42 #42BFAB #AB42BF

tetradic

#BFAB42 #42BF6C #4256BF #BF4294

square

#BFAB42 #42BF6C #4256BF #BF4294

split-complementary

#BFAB42 #4294BF #6C42BF

monochromatic

#655A22 #928332 #BFAB42 #CEBF70 #DED49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BFAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB42

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB42	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37b',
    500: '#bfab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab42;
$custom-light: #d5c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73876,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB42

secondary

#939BCA

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →