#BFBF51#BFBF51

#BFBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.132 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF51
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -14.37, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 56.10, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0433 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.132 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6030, 48.9332, 15.0365)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF51 #5151BF

analogous

#BF8851 #BFBF51 #88BF51

triadic

#BFBF51 #51BFBF #BF51BF

tetradic

#BFBF51 #51BF88 #5151BF #BF5188

square

#BFBF51 #51BF88 #5151BF #BF5188

split-complementary

#BFBF51 #5188BF #8851BF

monochromatic

#6D6D28 #9A9A39 #BFBF51 #CFCF7E #E0E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BFBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF51

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF51	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.132 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d286',
    500: '#bfbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf51;
$custom-light: #d5d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78304,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF51

secondary

#9E9ECE

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF51

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

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