#BFBF42#BFBF42

#BFBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.144 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF42
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -15.37, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 62.38, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0477 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.144 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1014, 48.7325, 12.3944)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF42 #4242BF

analogous

#BF8042 #BFBF42 #80BF42

triadic

#BFBF42 #42BFBF #BF42BF

tetradic

#BFBF42 #42BF80 #4242BF #BF4280

square

#BFBF42 #42BF80 #4242BF #BF4280

split-complementary

#BFBF42 #4280BF #8042BF

monochromatic

#656522 #929232 #BFBF42 #CECE70 #DEDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BFBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF42

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF42	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.144 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d27d',
    500: '#bfbf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf42;
$custom-light: #d5d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78164,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF42

secondary

#9393CA

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF42

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

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