#BFBB59#BFBB59

#BFBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB59
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -11.71, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 50.78, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0349 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.121 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0605, 47.3395, 16.4237)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB59 #595DBF

analogous

#BF8859 #BFBB59 #90BF59

triadic

#BFBB59 #59BFBB #BB59BF

tetradic

#BFBB59 #59BF88 #595DBF #BF5990

square

#BFBB59 #59BF88 #595DBF #BF5990

split-complementary

#BFBB59 #5990BF #8859BF

monochromatic

#726F2C #9E9A3D #BFBB59 #D0CD85 #E1DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BFBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB59

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB59	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf8b',
    500: '#bfbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb59;
$custom-light: #d4cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77531,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB59

secondary

#A4A6CF

accent

#59D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB59

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

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