#BFBF40#BFBF40

#BFBF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.146 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF40
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -15.48, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 63.16, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0482 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.146 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0434, 48.7093, 12.0893)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF40 #4040BF

analogous

#BF8040 #BFBF40 #80BF40

triadic

#BFBF40 #40BFBF #BF40BF

tetradic

#BFBF40 #40BF80 #4040BF #BF4080

square

#BFBF40 #40BF80 #4040BF #BF4080

split-complementary

#BFBF40 #407FBF #7F40BF

monochromatic

#636321 #919131 #BFBF40 #CECE6E #DEDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BFBF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF40

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF40	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.146 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d27c',
    500: '#bfbf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf40;
$custom-light: #d5d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78148,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF40

secondary

#9191CA

accent

#4ED94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF40

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

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