#BFBD3B#BFBD3B

#BFBD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.147 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD3B
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -14.74, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 64.29, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0467 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.147 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4743, 47.7886, 11.2289)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD3B #3B3DBF

analogous

#BF7B3B #BFBD3B #7FBF3B

triadic

#BFBD3B #3BBFBD #BD3BBF

tetradic

#BFBD3B #3BBF7B #3B3DBF #BF3B7F

square

#BFBD3B #3BBF7B #3B3DBF #BF3B7F

split-complementary

#BFBD3B #3B7FBF #7B3BBF

monochromatic

#61601E #908F2D #BFBD3B #D0CE67 #DFDD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BFBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD3B

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD3B	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.147 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d079',
    500: '#bfbd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd3b;
$custom-light: #d6d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77675,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD3B

secondary

#8C8DCA

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD3B

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

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