#BFBF59#BFBF59

#BFBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.125 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF59
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -13.75, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 52.49, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0407 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.125 109)
XYZ	xyz(41.9209, 49.0603, 16.7106)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF59 #5959BF

analogous

#BF8C59 #BFBF59 #8CBF59

triadic

#BFBF59 #59BFBF #BF59BF

tetradic

#BFBF59 #59BF8C #5959BF #BF598C

square

#BFBF59 #59BF8C #5959BF #BF598C

split-complementary

#BFBF59 #598CBF #8C59BF

monochromatic

#72722C #9E9E3D #BFBF59 #D0D085 #E1E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BFBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF59

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF59	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)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.125 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d28b',
    500: '#bfbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf59;
$custom-light: #d4d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78393,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF59

secondary

#A4A4CF

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF59

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

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