#BFAB49#BFAB49

#BFAB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB49
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -4.58, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 52.00, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0163 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.12 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2529, 40.6849, 12.1928)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB49 #495DBF

analogous

#BF7049 #BFAB49 #98BF49

triadic

#BFAB49 #49BFAB #AB49BF

tetradic

#BFAB49 #49BF70 #495DBF #BF4998

square

#BFAB49 #49BF70 #495DBF #BF4998

split-complementary

#BFAB49 #4998BF #7049BF

monochromatic

#695D25 #968635 #BFAB49 #CFC076 #DFD5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BFAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB49

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB49	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c380',
    500: '#bfab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab49;
$custom-light: #d5c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73945,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB49

secondary

#98A1CC

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB49

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

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