#BFBC3B#BFBC3B

#BFBC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.146 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC3B
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -14.23, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 63.91, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0453 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2600, 47.3599, 11.1574)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC3B #3B3EBF

analogous

#BF7A3B #BFBC3B #80BF3B

triadic

#BFBC3B #3BBFBC #BC3BBF

tetradic

#BFBC3B #3BBF7A #3B3EBF #BF3B80

square

#BFBC3B #3BBF7A #3B3EBF #BF3B80

split-complementary

#BFBC3B #3B80BF #7A3BBF

monochromatic

#61601E #908E2D #BFBC3B #D0CE67 #DFDD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BFBC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC3B

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC3B	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)

#CBB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cf79',
    500: '#bfbc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc3b;
$custom-light: #d6cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77458,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC3B

secondary

#8C8DCA

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC3B

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

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