#BFBC56#BFBC56

#BFBC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.125 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC56
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -12.46, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 52.59, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0373 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.125 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1499, 47.7159, 15.8447)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC56 #5659BF

analogous

#BF8856 #BFBC56 #8EBF56

triadic

#BFBC56 #56BFBC #BC56BF

tetradic

#BFBC56 #56BF88 #5659BF #BF568E

square

#BFBC56 #56BF88 #5659BF #BF568E

split-complementary

#BFBC56 #568EBF #8856BF

monochromatic

#706E2A #9D9A3B #BFBC56 #D0CE82 #E1DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BFBC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC56

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC56	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)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.125 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d089',
    500: '#bfbc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc56;
$custom-light: #d5d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77711,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC56

secondary

#A2A3CF

accent

#57D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC56

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

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