#BFBF57#BFBF57

#BFBF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.127 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF57
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -13.91, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 53.41, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0414 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.127 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.8381, 49.0272, 16.2742)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF57 #5757BF

analogous

#BF8B57 #BFBF57 #8BBF57

triadic

#BFBF57 #57BFBF #BF57BF

tetradic

#BFBF57 #57BF8B #5757BF #BF578B

square

#BFBF57 #57BF8B #5757BF #BF578B

split-complementary

#BFBF57 #578BBF #8B57BF

monochromatic

#71712B #9D9D3C #BFBF57 #D0D083 #E1E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BFBF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF57

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF57	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.127 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d28a',
    500: '#bfbf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf57;
$custom-light: #d5d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF57

secondary

#A3A3CF

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF57

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

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