#BFBF61#BFBF61

#BFBF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.117 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF61
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -13.06, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 48.75, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0379 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.117 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2753, 49.2020, 18.5769)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF61 #6161BF

analogous

#BF9061 #BFBF61 #90BF61

triadic

#BFBF61 #61BFBF #BF61BF

tetradic

#BFBF61 #61BF90 #6161BF #BF6190

square

#BFBF61 #61BF90 #6161BF #BF6190

split-complementary

#BFBF61 #6190BF #9061BF

monochromatic

#767630 #A1A141 #BFBF61 #D1D18D #E2E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BFBF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF61

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF61	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.117 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d290',
    500: '#bfbf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf61;
$custom-light: #d4d290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78492,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF61

secondary

#ABABD1

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF61

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

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