#BFBC59#BFBC59

#BFBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.122 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC59
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -12.22, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 51.20, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0363 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.122 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2734, 47.7652, 16.4947)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC59 #595CBF

analogous

#BF8959 #BFBC59 #8FBF59

triadic

#BFBC59 #59BFBC #BC59BF

tetradic

#BFBC59 #59BF89 #595CBF #BF598F

square

#BFBC59 #59BF89 #595CBF #BF598F

split-complementary

#BFBC59 #598FBF #8959BF

monochromatic

#72702C #9E9B3D #BFBC59 #D0CE85 #E1E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BFBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC59

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC59	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)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.122 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08b',
    500: '#bfbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc59;
$custom-light: #d4d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC59

secondary

#A4A6CF

accent

#58D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC59

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

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