#BFBD3E#BFBD3E

#BFBD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD3E
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -14.58, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 63.16, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0459 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5544, 47.8206, 11.6505)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD3E #3E40BF

analogous

#BF7D3E #BFBD3E #80BF3E

triadic

#BFBD3E #3EBFBD #BD3EBF

tetradic

#BFBD3E #3EBF7D #3E40BF #BF3E80

square

#BFBD3E #3EBF7D #3E40BF #BF3E80

split-complementary

#BFBD3E #3E80BF #7D3EBF

monochromatic

#636220 #918F2F #BFBD3E #CFCD6B #DEDD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BFBD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD3E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD3E	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)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d07b',
    500: '#bfbd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd3e;
$custom-light: #d6d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77698,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD3E

secondary

#8F90CA

accent

#50DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD3E

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

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