#BFBF5B#BFBF5B

#BFBF5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF5B
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -13.58, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 51.57, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.04 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.123 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0060, 49.0943, 17.1589)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF5B #5B5BBF

analogous

#BF8D5B #BFBF5B #8DBF5B

triadic

#BFBF5B #5BBFBF #BF5BBF

tetradic

#BFBF5B #5BBF8D #5B5BBF #BF5B8D

square

#BFBF5B #5BBF8D #5B5BBF #BF5B8D

split-complementary

#BFBF5B #5B8DBF #8D5BBF

monochromatic

#73732D #9F9F3E #BFBF5B #D0D087 #E1E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFBF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF5B

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF5B	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d28c',
    500: '#bfbf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf5b;
$custom-light: #d4d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78417,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF5B

secondary

#A6A6D0

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF5B

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

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