#BFBF53#BFBF53

#BFBF53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; 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	#BFBF53
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -14.22, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 55.21, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0427 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.131 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6791, 48.9636, 15.4373)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF53 #5353BF

analogous

#BF8953 #BFBF53 #89BF53

triadic

#BFBF53 #53BFBF #BF53BF

tetradic

#BFBF53 #53BF89 #5353BF #BF5389

square

#BFBF53 #53BF89 #5353BF #BF5389

split-complementary

#BFBF53 #5389BF #8953BF

monochromatic

#6E6E29 #9B9B3A #BFBF53 #D0D080 #E0E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BFBF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF53

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF53	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)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.131 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d287',
    500: '#bfbf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf53;
$custom-light: #d5d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78326,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF53

secondary

#A0A0CE

accent

#52D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF53

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

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