#BFAB43#BFAB43

#BFAB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB43
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -4.97, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 54.64, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0181 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0635, 40.6091, 11.1952)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB43 #4357BF

analogous

#BF6D43 #BFAB43 #95BF43

triadic

#BFAB43 #43BFAB #AB43BF

tetradic

#BFAB43 #43BF6D #4357BF #BF4395

square

#BFAB43 #43BF6D #4357BF #BF4395

split-complementary

#BFAB43 #4395BF #6D43BF

monochromatic

#655A22 #938332 #BFAB43 #CFBF71 #DED49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BFAB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB43

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB43	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)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37c',
    500: '#bfab43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab43;
$custom-light: #d5c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB43

secondary

#939CCA

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB43

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

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