#BFBD55#BFBD55

#BFBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.127 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD55
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -13.05, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 53.46, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0391 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(41.3243, 48.1286, 15.7055)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD55 #5557BF

analogous

#BF8855 #BFBD55 #8CBF55

triadic

#BFBD55 #55BFBD #BD55BF

tetradic

#BFBD55 #55BF88 #5557BF #BF558C

square

#BFBD55 #55BF88 #5557BF #BF558C

split-complementary

#BFBD55 #558CBF #8855BF

monochromatic

#706E2A #9C9A3B #BFBD55 #D0CE81 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BFBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD55

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD55	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d088',
    500: '#bfbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd55;
$custom-light: #d5d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77915,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.48127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD55

secondary

#A1A2CE

accent

#55D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD55

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

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