#BFBB57#BFBB57

#BFBB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB57
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -11.87, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 51.71, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0355 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.123 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9776, 47.3063, 15.9874)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB57 #575BBF

analogous

#BF8757 #BFBB57 #8FBF57

triadic

#BFBB57 #57BFBB #BB57BF

tetradic

#BFBB57 #57BF87 #575BBF #BF578F

square

#BFBB57 #57BF87 #575BBF #BF578F

split-complementary

#BFBB57 #578FBF #8757BF

monochromatic

#716E2B #9D993C #BFBB57 #D0CD83 #E1DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BFBB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB57

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB57	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)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf89',
    500: '#bfbb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb57;
$custom-light: #d5cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77507,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB57

secondary

#A3A5CF

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB57

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

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