#BFBD3C#BFBD3C

#BFBD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.146 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD3C
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -14.69, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 63.91, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0464 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.146 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5005, 47.7991, 11.3668)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD3C #3C3EBF

analogous

#BF7C3C #BFBD3C #80BF3C

triadic

#BFBD3C #3CBFBD #BD3CBF

tetradic

#BFBD3C #3CBF7C #3C3EBF #BF3C80

square

#BFBD3C #3CBF7C #3C3EBF #BF3C80

split-complementary

#BFBD3C #3C80BF #7C3CBF

monochromatic

#62611F #908F2D #BFBD3C #D0CE68 #DEDD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BFBD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD3C

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD3C	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)

#CCB528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.146 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d07a',
    500: '#bfbd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd3c;
$custom-light: #d6d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77683,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD3C

secondary

#8D8ECA

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD3C

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

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