#BFBF4E#BFBF4E

#BFBF4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.135 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF4E
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -14.59, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 57.41, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0442 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.135 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4930, 48.8891, 14.4571)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF4E #4E4EBF

analogous

#BF864E #BFBF4E #86BF4E

triadic

#BFBF4E #4EBFBF #BF4EBF

tetradic

#BFBF4E #4EBF86 #4E4EBF #BF4E86

square

#BFBF4E #4EBF86 #4E4EBF #BF4E86

split-complementary

#BFBF4E #4E86BF #864EBF

monochromatic

#6C6C27 #999937 #BFBF4E #CFCF7B #E0E0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFBF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF4E

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF4E	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.135 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d284',
    500: '#bfbf4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf4e;
$custom-light: #d5d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF4E

secondary

#9C9CCD

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF4E

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

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