#BFBC55#BFBC55

#BFBC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.126 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC55
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -12.54, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 53.04, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0377 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.126 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1099, 47.6998, 15.6340)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC55 #5558BF

analogous

#BF8755 #BFBC55 #8DBF55

triadic

#BFBC55 #55BFBC #BC55BF

tetradic

#BFBC55 #55BF87 #5558BF #BF558D

square

#BFBC55 #55BF87 #5558BF #BF558D

split-complementary

#BFBC55 #558DBF #8755BF

monochromatic

#706E2A #9C993B #BFBC55 #D0CE81 #E0DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BFBC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC55

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC55	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.126 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d088',
    500: '#bfbc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc55;
$custom-light: #d5d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.777,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC55

secondary

#A1A3CE

accent

#57D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC55

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

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