#BFBC42#BFBC42

#BFBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC42
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -13.85, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 61.20, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0434 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.141 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4538, 47.4374, 12.1786)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC42 #4245BF

analogous

#BF7D42 #BFBC42 #83BF42

triadic

#BFBC42 #42BFBC #BC42BF

tetradic

#BFBC42 #42BF7D #4245BF #BF4283

square

#BFBC42 #42BF7D #4245BF #BF4283

split-complementary

#BFBC42 #4283BF #7D42BF

monochromatic

#656322 #929032 #BFBC42 #CECC70 #DEDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BFBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC42

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC42	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7d',
    500: '#bfbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc42;
$custom-light: #d5cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77514,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC42

secondary

#9394CA

accent

#52D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC42

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

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