#BFBF50#BFBF50

#BFBF50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.133 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF50
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -14.45, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 56.54, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0436 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.133 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5658, 48.9183, 14.8405)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF50 #5050BF

analogous

#BF8750 #BFBF50 #87BF50

triadic

#BFBF50 #50BFBF #BF50BF

tetradic

#BFBF50 #50BF87 #5050BF #BF5087

square

#BFBF50 #50BF87 #5050BF #BF5087

split-complementary

#BFBF50 #5087BF #8750BF

monochromatic

#6D6D28 #9A9A38 #BFBF50 #CFCF7D #E0E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFBF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF50

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF50	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)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.133 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d285',
    500: '#bfbf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf50;
$custom-light: #d5d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78294,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF50

secondary

#9D9DCD

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF50

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

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