#BFAB52#BFAB52

#BFAB52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB52
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -3.92, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 47.86, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0133 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.112 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5732, 40.8130, 13.8796)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB52 #5266BF

analogous

#BF7452 #BFAB52 #9CBF52

triadic

#BFAB52 #52BFAB #AB52BF

tetradic

#BFAB52 #52BF74 #5266BF #BF529C

square

#BFAB52 #52BF74 #5266BF #BF529C

split-complementary

#BFAB52 #529CBF #7452BF

monochromatic

#6E6129 #9B8939 #BFAB52 #D0C17F #E0D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BFAB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB52

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB52	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)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c385',
    500: '#bfab52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab52;
$custom-light: #d5c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74045,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB52

secondary

#9FA8CE

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB52

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

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