#BFBF36#BFBF36

#BFBF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF36
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -16.00, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 66.83, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0507 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7840, 48.6055, 10.7228)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF36 #3636BF

analogous

#BF7A36 #BFBF36 #7ABF36

triadic

#BFBF36 #36BFBF #BF36BF

tetradic

#BFBF36 #36BF7A #3636BF #BF367A

square

#BFBF36 #36BF7A #3636BF #BF367A

split-complementary

#BFBF36 #367ABF #7A36BF

monochromatic

#60601B #8F8F29 #BFBF36 #D2D260 #E0E090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF36

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF36	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)

#CEB71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d277',
    500: '#bfbf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf36;
$custom-light: #d6d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78076,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF36

secondary

#8787CA

accent

#49DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF36

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

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