#BFBD2B#BFBD2B

#BFBD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.156 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD2B
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -15.45, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 69.65, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0501 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1211, 47.6473, 9.3685)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD2B #2B2DBF

analogous

#BF732B #BFBD2B #77BF2B

triadic

#BFBD2B #2BBFBD #BD2BBF

tetradic

#BFBD2B #2BBF73 #2B2DBF #BF2B77

square

#BFBD2B #2BBF73 #2B2DBF #BF2B77

split-complementary

#BFBD2B #2B77BF #732BBF

monochromatic

#5B5A15 #8D8C20 #BFBD2B #D8D650 #E3E182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BFBD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD2B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD2B	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d071',
    500: '#bfbd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd2b;
$custom-light: #d6d071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD2B

secondary

#7A7BCC

accent

#44E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD2B

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

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