#BFAB4E#BFAB4E

#BFAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB4E
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -4.23, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 49.72, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0147 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.116 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4254, 40.7539, 13.1012)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB4E #4E62BF

analogous

#BF734E #BFAB4E #9ABF4E

triadic

#BFAB4E #4EBFAB #AB4EBF

tetradic

#BFAB4E #4EBF73 #4E62BF #BF4E9A

square

#BFAB4E #4EBF73 #4E62BF #BF4E9A

split-complementary

#BFAB4E #4E9ABF #734EBF

monochromatic

#6C6027 #998737 #BFAB4E #CFC07B #E0D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BFAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB4E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB4E	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c383',
    500: '#bfab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab4e;
$custom-light: #d5c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73999,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB4E

secondary

#9CA5CD

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB4E

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

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