#BFBD35#BFBD35

#BFBD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.151 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD35
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -15.04, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 66.44, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0481 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.151 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3276, 47.7299, 10.4560)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD35 #3537BF

analogous

#BF7835 #BFBD35 #7CBF35

triadic

#BFBD35 #35BFBD #BD35BF

tetradic

#BFBD35 #35BF78 #3537BF #BF357C

square

#BFBD35 #35BF78 #3537BF #BF357C

split-complementary

#BFBD35 #357CBF #7835BF

monochromatic

#5F5E1A #8F8E28 #BFBD35 #D3D15F #E0DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BFBD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD35

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD35	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.151 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d076',
    500: '#bfbd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd35;
$custom-light: #d6d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77634,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD35

secondary

#8586CA

accent

#4AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD35

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

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