#BFAB4A#BFAB4A

#BFAB4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB4A
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -4.51, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 51.55, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.016 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2863, 40.6983, 12.3688)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB4A #4A5EBF

analogous

#BF714A #BFAB4A #98BF4A

triadic

#BFAB4A #4ABFAB #AB4ABF

tetradic

#BFAB4A #4ABF71 #4A5EBF #BF4A98

square

#BFAB4A #4ABF71 #4A5EBF #BF4A98

split-complementary

#BFAB4A #4A98BF #714ABF

monochromatic

#695E25 #978635 #BFAB4A #CFC077 #DFD5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFAB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BFAB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB4A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB4A	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)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c380',
    500: '#bfab4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab4a;
$custom-light: #d5c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB4A

secondary

#99A2CC

accent

#68D750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB4A

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

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