#BFBB56#BFBB56

#BFBB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.124 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB56
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -11.95, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 52.17, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0359 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.124 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9371, 47.2901, 15.7738)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB56 #565ABF

analogous

#BF8756 #BFBB56 #8FBF56

triadic

#BFBB56 #56BFBB #BB56BF

tetradic

#BFBB56 #56BF87 #565ABF #BF568F

square

#BFBB56 #56BF87 #565ABF #BF568F

split-complementary

#BFBB56 #568FBF #8756BF

monochromatic

#706D2A #9D993B #BFBB56 #D0CD82 #E1DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BFBB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB56

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB56	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.124 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf89',
    500: '#bfbb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb56;
$custom-light: #d5cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77496,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB56

secondary

#A2A4CF

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB56

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

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