#BFBF5F#BFBF5F

#BFBF5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.119 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF5F
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -13.24, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 49.69, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0386 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.119 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1832, 49.1652, 18.0920)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF5F #5F5FBF

analogous

#BF8F5F #BFBF5F #8FBF5F

triadic

#BFBF5F #5FBFBF #BF5FBF

tetradic

#BFBF5F #5FBF8F #5F5FBF #BF5F8F

square

#BFBF5F #5FBF8F #5F5FBF #BF5F8F

split-complementary

#BFBF5F #5F8FBF #8F5FBF

monochromatic

#75752F #A1A140 #BFBF5F #D0D08B #E2E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BFBF5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF5F

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF5F	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)

#CCB856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.119 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d28f',
    500: '#bfbf5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf5f;
$custom-light: #d4d28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF5F

secondary

#A9A9D1

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF5F

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

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