#BFAB44#BFAB44

#BFAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB44
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -4.91, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 54.20, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0178 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0938, 40.6212, 11.3545)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB44 #4458BF

analogous

#BF6D44 #BFAB44 #95BF44

triadic

#BFAB44 #44BFAB #AB44BF

tetradic

#BFAB44 #44BF6D #4458BF #BF4495

square

#BFAB44 #44BF6D #4458BF #BF4495

split-complementary

#BFAB44 #4495BF #6D44BF

monochromatic

#665B23 #938432 #BFAB44 #CFBF72 #DED49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BFAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB44

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37d',
    500: '#bfab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab44;
$custom-light: #d5c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB44

secondary

#949DCB

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB44

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

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