#BFAB53#BFAB53

#BFAB53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB53
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -3.85, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 47.39, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.013 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.111 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6115, 40.8284, 14.0814)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB53 #5367BF

analogous

#BF7553 #BFAB53 #9DBF53

triadic

#BFAB53 #53BFAB #AB53BF

tetradic

#BFAB53 #53BF75 #5367BF #BF539D

square

#BFAB53 #53BF75 #5367BF #BF539D

split-complementary

#BFAB53 #539DBF #7553BF

monochromatic

#6E6229 #9B893A #BFAB53 #D0C180 #E0D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BFAB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB53

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB53	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c386',
    500: '#bfab53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab53;
$custom-light: #d5c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74057,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB53

secondary

#A0A8CE

accent

#6BD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB53

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

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