#BFBF55#BFBF55

#BFBF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.129 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF55
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -14.07, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 54.31, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.042 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.129 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.7575, 48.9949, 15.8499)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF55 #5555BF

analogous

#BF8A55 #BFBF55 #8ABF55

triadic

#BFBF55 #55BFBF #BF55BF

tetradic

#BFBF55 #55BF8A #5555BF #BF558A

square

#BFBF55 #55BF8A #5555BF #BF558A

split-complementary

#BFBF55 #558ABF #8A55BF

monochromatic

#70702A #9C9C3B #BFBF55 #D0D081 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BFBF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF55

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF55	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.129 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d288',
    500: '#bfbf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf55;
$custom-light: #d5d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78347,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF55

secondary

#A1A1CE

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF55

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

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