#BFBB5B#BFBB5B

#BFBB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.119 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB5B
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -11.54, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 49.84, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0342 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.119 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1456, 47.3735, 16.8721)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB5B #5B5FBF

analogous

#BF895B #BFBB5B #91BF5B

triadic

#BFBB5B #5BBFBB #BB5BBF

tetradic

#BFBB5B #5BBF89 #5B5FBF #BF5B91

square

#BFBB5B #5BBF89 #5B5FBF #BF5B91

split-complementary

#BFBB5B #5B91BF #895BBF

monochromatic

#73702D #9F9B3E #BFBB5B #D0CD87 #E1E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFBB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BFBB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB5B

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB5B	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.119 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf8c',
    500: '#bfbb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb5b;
$custom-light: #d4cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77555,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB5B

secondary

#A6A8D0

accent

#59D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB5B

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

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