#BFBC52#BFBC52

#BFBC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.128 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC52
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -12.77, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 54.40, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0387 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.128 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9933, 47.6532, 15.0196)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC52 #5255BF

analogous

#BF8552 #BFBC52 #8BBF52

triadic

#BFBC52 #52BFBC #BC52BF

tetradic

#BFBC52 #52BF85 #5255BF #BF528B

square

#BFBC52 #52BF85 #5255BF #BF528B

split-complementary

#BFBC52 #528BBF #8552BF

monochromatic

#6E6C29 #9B9839 #BFBC52 #D0CD7F #E0DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BFBC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC52

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC52	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)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.128 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d086',
    500: '#bfbc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc52;
$custom-light: #d5d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77667,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC52

secondary

#9FA0CE

accent

#56D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC52

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

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