#BFAB47#BFAB47

#BFAB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB47
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -4.72, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 52.89, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0169 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.1877, 40.6588, 11.8491)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB47 #475BBF

analogous

#BF6F47 #BFAB47 #97BF47

triadic

#BFAB47 #47BFAB #AB47BF

tetradic

#BFAB47 #47BF6F #475BBF #BF4797

square

#BFAB47 #47BF6F #475BBF #BF4797

split-complementary

#BFAB47 #4797BF #6F47BF

monochromatic

#685C24 #958534 #BFAB47 #CFC074 #DFD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BFAB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB47

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB47	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)

#BBA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37e',
    500: '#bfab47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab47;
$custom-light: #d5c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.40657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB47

secondary

#969FCB

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB47

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

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