#BFBC3E#BFBC3E

#BFBC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.144 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC3E
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -14.07, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 62.77, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0445 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(40.3400, 47.3919, 11.5791)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC3E #3E41BF

analogous

#BF7C3E #BFBC3E #81BF3E

triadic

#BFBC3E #3EBFBC #BC3EBF

tetradic

#BFBC3E #3EBF7C #3E41BF #BF3E81

square

#BFBC3E #3EBF7C #3E41BF #BF3E81

split-complementary

#BFBC3E #3E81BF #7C3EBF

monochromatic

#636120 #918F2F #BFBC3E #CFCD6B #DEDC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFBC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BFBC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC3E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC3E	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cf7b',
    500: '#bfbc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc3e;
$custom-light: #d6cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77481,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.47391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC3E

secondary

#8F90CA

accent

#51DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC3E

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

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