#BFBF52#BFBF52

#BFBF52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.131 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF52
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -14.30, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 55.66, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.043 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.131 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6408, 48.9483, 15.2354)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF52 #5252BF

analogous

#BF8852 #BFBF52 #88BF52

triadic

#BFBF52 #52BFBF #BF52BF

tetradic

#BFBF52 #52BF88 #5252BF #BF5288

square

#BFBF52 #52BF88 #5252BF #BF5288

split-complementary

#BFBF52 #5288BF #8852BF

monochromatic

#6E6E29 #9B9B39 #BFBF52 #D0D07F #E0E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BFBF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF52

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF52	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)

#CDB846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.131 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d287',
    500: '#bfbf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf52;
$custom-light: #d5d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF52

secondary

#9F9FCE

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF52

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

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