#BFBF48#BFBF48

#BFBF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.140 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF48
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -15.00, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 59.95, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.046 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.14 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2876, 48.8070, 13.3754)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF48 #4848BF

analogous

#BF8448 #BFBF48 #84BF48

triadic

#BFBF48 #48BFBF #BF48BF

tetradic

#BFBF48 #48BF84 #4848BF #BF4884

square

#BFBF48 #48BF84 #4848BF #BF4884

split-complementary

#BFBF48 #4884BF #8448BF

monochromatic

#686824 #969634 #BFBF48 #CFCF75 #DFDFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BFBF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF48

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF48	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.140 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d280',
    500: '#bfbf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf48;
$custom-light: #d5d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78216,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF48

secondary

#9797CC

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF48

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

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