#BFBF35#BFBF35

#BFBF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.153 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF35
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -16.05, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 67.18, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0509 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.153 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7607, 48.5962, 10.6003)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF35 #3535BF

analogous

#BF7A35 #BFBF35 #7ABF35

triadic

#BFBF35 #35BFBF #BF35BF

tetradic

#BFBF35 #35BF7A #3535BF #BF357A

square

#BFBF35 #35BF7A #3535BF #BF357A

split-complementary

#BFBF35 #357ABF #7A35BF

monochromatic

#5F5F1A #8F8F28 #BFBF35 #D3D35F #E0E08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF35

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF35	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.153 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d276',
    500: '#bfbf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf35;
$custom-light: #d6d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78069,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF35

secondary

#8585CA

accent

#48E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF35

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

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