#BFBF5E#BFBF5E

#BFBF5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF5E
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -13.33, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 50.17, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0389 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.12 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1380, 49.1471, 17.8541)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF5E #5E5EBF

analogous

#BF8E5E #BFBF5E #8EBF5E

triadic

#BFBF5E #5EBFBF #BF5EBF

tetradic

#BFBF5E #5EBF8E #5E5EBF #BF5E8E

square

#BFBF5E #5EBF8E #5E5EBF #BF5E8E

split-complementary

#BFBF5E #5E8EBF #8E5EBF

monochromatic

#74742E #A0A040 #BFBF5E #D0D08A #E2E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BFBF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF5E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF5E	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d28e',
    500: '#bfbf5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf5e;
$custom-light: #d4d28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF5E

secondary

#A8A8D0

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF5E

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

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