#BFAB48#BFAB48

#BFAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB48
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -4.65, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 52.45, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0166 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2200, 40.6718, 12.0195)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB48 #485CBF

analogous

#BF7048 #BFAB48 #98BF48

triadic

#BFAB48 #48BFAB #AB48BF

tetradic

#BFAB48 #48BF70 #485CBF #BF4898

square

#BFAB48 #48BF70 #485CBF #BF4898

split-complementary

#BFAB48 #4898BF #7048BF

monochromatic

#685D24 #968534 #BFAB48 #CFC075 #DFD5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BFAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB48

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB48	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)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37f',
    500: '#bfab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab48;
$custom-light: #d5c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB48

secondary

#97A0CC

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB48

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

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