#BFAB5D#BFAB5D

#BFAB5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB5D
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -3.00, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 42.56, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0094 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.101 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0258, 40.9941, 16.2635)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB5D #5D71BF

analogous

#BF7A5D #BFAB5D #A2BF5D

triadic

#BFAB5D #5DBFAB #AB5DBF

tetradic

#BFAB5D #5DBF7A #5D71BF #BF5DA2

square

#BFAB5D #5DBF7A #5D71BF #BF5DA2

split-complementary

#BFAB5D #5DA2BF #7A5DBF

monochromatic

#74662E #A08C3F #BFAB5D #D0C289 #E2D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFAB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BFAB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB5D

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB5D	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c38d',
    500: '#bfab5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab5d;
$custom-light: #d4c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB5D

secondary

#A8B0D0

accent

#6ED355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB5D

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

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