#BFAB59#BFAB59

#BFAB59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB59
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -3.35, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 44.51, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0109 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.105 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8533, 40.9251, 15.3547)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB59 #596DBF

analogous

#BF7859 #BFAB59 #A0BF59

triadic

#BFAB59 #59BFAB #AB59BF

tetradic

#BFAB59 #59BF78 #596DBF #BF59A0

square

#BFAB59 #59BF78 #596DBF #BF59A0

split-complementary

#BFAB59 #59A0BF #7859BF

monochromatic

#72642C #9E8B3D #BFAB59 #D0C185 #E1D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BFAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB59

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB59	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)

#B9A852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38a',
    500: '#bfab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab59;
$custom-light: #d4c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74133,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB59

secondary

#A4ADCF

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB59

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

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