#BFAB55#BFAB55

#BFAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB55
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -3.69, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 46.44, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0123 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.109 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6899, 40.8597, 14.4940)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB55 #5569BF

analogous

#BF7655 #BFAB55 #9EBF55

triadic

#BFAB55 #55BFAB #AB55BF

tetradic

#BFAB55 #55BF76 #5569BF #BF559E

square

#BFAB55 #55BF76 #5569BF #BF559E

split-complementary

#BFAB55 #559EBF #7655BF

monochromatic

#70622A #9C8A3B #BFAB55 #D0C181 #E0D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BFAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB55

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB55	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)

#BAA74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c387',
    500: '#bfab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab55;
$custom-light: #d5c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB55

secondary

#A1AACE

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB55

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

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