#BFAB58#BFAB58

#BFAB58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.106 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB58
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 53.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -3.44, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 45.00, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0112 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.106 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8116, 40.9084, 15.1350)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB58 #586CBF

analogous

#BF7858 #BFAB58 #9FBF58

triadic

#BFAB58 #58BFAB #AB58BF

tetradic

#BFAB58 #58BF78 #586CBF #BF589F

square

#BFAB58 #58BF78 #586CBF #BF589F

split-complementary

#BFAB58 #589FBF #7858BF

monochromatic

#71642B #9D8B3C #BFAB58 #D0C184 #E1D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BFAB58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB58

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB58	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.106 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c389',
    500: '#bfab58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab58;
$custom-light: #d5c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74119,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB58

secondary

#A4ACCF

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB58

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

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