#BFAB56#BFAB56

#BFAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB56
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -3.60, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 45.96, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0119 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.108 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7299, 40.8757, 14.7047)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB56 #566ABF

analogous

#BF7756 #BFAB56 #9FBF56

triadic

#BFAB56 #56BFAB #AB56BF

tetradic

#BFAB56 #56BF77 #566ABF #BF569F

square

#BFAB56 #56BF77 #566ABF #BF569F

split-complementary

#BFAB56 #569FBF #7756BF

monochromatic

#70632A #9D8A3B #BFAB56 #D0C182 #E1D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BFAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB56

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB56	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)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c388',
    500: '#bfab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab56;
$custom-light: #d5c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74094,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB56

secondary

#A2ABCF

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB56

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

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