#BFBF3B#BFBF3B

#BFBF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.149 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF3B
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -15.75, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 65.05, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0495 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.149 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9075, 48.6549, 11.3733)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF3B #3B3BBF

analogous

#BF7D3B #BFBF3B #7DBF3B

triadic

#BFBF3B #3BBFBF #BF3BBF

tetradic

#BFBF3B #3BBF7D #3B3BBF #BF3B7D

square

#BFBF3B #3BBF7D #3B3BBF #BF3B7D

split-complementary

#BFBF3B #3B7DBF #7D3BBF

monochromatic

#61611E #90902D #BFBF3B #D0D067 #DFDF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BFBF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF3B

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF3B	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.149 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d279',
    500: '#bfbf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf3b;
$custom-light: #d6d279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7811,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF3B

secondary

#8C8CCA

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF3B

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

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