#BFAB51#BFAB51

#BFAB51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB51
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -4.00, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 48.33, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0137 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.113 97)
XYZ	xyz(37.5354, 40.7979, 13.6806)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB51 #5165BF

analogous

#BF7451 #BFAB51 #9CBF51

triadic

#BFAB51 #51BFAB #AB51BF

tetradic

#BFAB51 #51BF74 #5165BF #BF519C

square

#BFAB51 #51BF74 #5165BF #BF519C

split-complementary

#BFAB51 #519CBF #7451BF

monochromatic

#6D6128 #9A8839 #BFAB51 #CFC17E #E0D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BFAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB51

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB51	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c385',
    500: '#bfab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab51;
$custom-light: #d5c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74033,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.40796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB51

secondary

#9EA7CE

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB51

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

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