#BFBC57#BFBC57

#BFBC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.124 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC57
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -12.38, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 52.13, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.037 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.124 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1905, 47.7321, 16.0584)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC57 #575ABF

analogous

#BF8857 #BFBC57 #8EBF57

triadic

#BFBC57 #57BFBC #BC57BF

tetradic

#BFBC57 #57BF88 #575ABF #BF578E

square

#BFBC57 #57BF88 #575ABF #BF578E

split-complementary

#BFBC57 #578EBF #8857BF

monochromatic

#716F2B #9D9A3C #BFBC57 #D0CE83 #E1DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BFBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC57

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC57	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.124 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d08a',
    500: '#bfbc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc57;
$custom-light: #d5d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77723,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC57

secondary

#A3A4CF

accent

#57D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC57

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

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