#BFBC51#BFBC51

#BFBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.129 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC51
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -12.85, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 54.85, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.039 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.129 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9555, 47.6381, 14.8207)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC51 #5154BF

analogous

#BF8551 #BFBC51 #8BBF51

triadic

#BFBC51 #51BFBC #BC51BF

tetradic

#BFBC51 #51BF85 #5154BF #BF518B

square

#BFBC51 #51BF85 #5154BF #BF518B

split-complementary

#BFBC51 #518BBF #8551BF

monochromatic

#6D6B28 #9A9739 #BFBC51 #CFCD7E #E0DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BFBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC51

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC51	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.129 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d086',
    500: '#bfbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc51;
$custom-light: #d5d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77656,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC51

secondary

#9EA0CE

accent

#56D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC51

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

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