#BFBF49#BFBF49

#BFBF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.139 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF49
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -14.93, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 59.54, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0458 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.139 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3205, 48.8201, 13.5486)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF49 #4949BF

analogous

#BF8449 #BFBF49 #84BF49

triadic

#BFBF49 #49BFBF #BF49BF

tetradic

#BFBF49 #49BF84 #4949BF #BF4984

square

#BFBF49 #49BF84 #4949BF #BF4984

split-complementary

#BFBF49 #4984BF #8449BF

monochromatic

#696925 #969635 #BFBF49 #CFCF76 #DFDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BFBF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF49

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF49	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)

#CEB73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.139 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d281',
    500: '#bfbf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf49;
$custom-light: #d5d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78226,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF49

secondary

#9898CC

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF49

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

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