#BFAB45#BFAB45

#BFAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB45
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -4.85, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 53.77, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0175 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1245, 40.6336, 11.5166)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB45 #4559BF

analogous

#BF6E45 #BFAB45 #96BF45

triadic

#BFAB45 #45BFAB #AB45BF

tetradic

#BFAB45 #45BF6E #4559BF #BF4596

square

#BFAB45 #45BF6E #4559BF #BF4596

split-complementary

#BFAB45 #4596BF #6E45BF

monochromatic

#665B23 #948433 #BFAB45 #CFC073 #DED4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BFAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB45

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB45	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37d',
    500: '#bfab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab45;
$custom-light: #d5c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73904,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB45

secondary

#959ECB

accent

#66D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB45

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

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