#BFBB51#BFBB51

#BFBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.128 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB51
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -12.33, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 54.43, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0375 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.128 107)
XYZ	xyz(40.7426, 47.2123, 14.7497)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB51 #5155BF

analogous

#BF8451 #BFBB51 #8CBF51

triadic

#BFBB51 #51BFBB #BB51BF

tetradic

#BFBB51 #51BF84 #5155BF #BF518C

square

#BFBB51 #51BF84 #5155BF #BF518C

split-complementary

#BFBB51 #518CBF #8451BF

monochromatic

#6D6B28 #9A9739 #BFBB51 #CFCC7E #E0DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BFBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB51

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB51	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.128 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf86',
    500: '#bfbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb51;
$custom-light: #d5cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7744,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.47211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB51

secondary

#9EA0CE

accent

#57D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB51

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

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