#BFAB46#BFAB46

#BFAB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.122 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB46
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -4.78, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 53.33, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0172 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.122 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1558, 40.6461, 11.6815)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB46 #465ABF

analogous

#BF6E46 #BFAB46 #96BF46

triadic

#BFAB46 #46BFAB #AB46BF

tetradic

#BFAB46 #46BF6E #465ABF #BF4696

square

#BFAB46 #46BF6E #465ABF #BF4696

split-complementary

#BFAB46 #4696BF #6E46BF

monochromatic

#675C24 #948433 #BFAB46 #CFC073 #DED4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BFAB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB46

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.122 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37e',
    500: '#bfab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab46;
$custom-light: #d5c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73914,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB46

secondary

#969FCB

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB46

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

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