#BFAB5B#BFAB5B

#BFAB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB5B
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -3.18, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 43.54, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0101 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.103 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9384, 40.9591, 15.8030)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB5B #5B6FBF

analogous

#BF795B #BFAB5B #A1BF5B

triadic

#BFAB5B #5BBFAB #AB5BBF

tetradic

#BFAB5B #5BBF79 #5B6FBF #BF5BA1

square

#BFAB5B #5BBF79 #5B6FBF #BF5BA1

split-complementary

#BFAB5B #5BA1BF #795BBF

monochromatic

#73652D #9F8B3E #BFAB5B #D0C287 #E1D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BFAB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB5B

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB5B	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38b',
    500: '#bfab5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab5b;
$custom-light: #d4c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB5B

secondary

#A6AED0

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB5B

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

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