#BFBF56#BFBF56

#BFBF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF56
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -13.99, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 53.86, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0417 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.128 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.7975, 49.0109, 16.0606)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF56 #5656BF

analogous

#BF8B56 #BFBF56 #8BBF56

triadic

#BFBF56 #56BFBF #BF56BF

tetradic

#BFBF56 #56BF8B #5656BF #BF568B

square

#BFBF56 #56BF8B #5656BF #BF568B

split-complementary

#BFBF56 #568BBF #8B56BF

monochromatic

#70702A #9D9D3B #BFBF56 #D0D082 #E1E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BFBF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF56

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF56	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)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d289',
    500: '#bfbf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf56;
$custom-light: #d5d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78359,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF56

secondary

#A2A2CF

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF56

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

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