#BFBD40#BFBD40

#BFBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.144 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD40
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -14.47, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 62.38, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0454 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.144 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6103, 47.8430, 11.9449)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD40 #4042BF

analogous

#BF7D40 #BFBD40 #82BF40

triadic

#BFBD40 #40BFBD #BD40BF

tetradic

#BFBD40 #40BF7D #4042BF #BF4082

square

#BFBD40 #40BF7D #4042BF #BF4082

split-complementary

#BFBD40 #4082BF #7D40BF

monochromatic

#636221 #919031 #BFBD40 #CECD6E #DEDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BFBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD40

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD40	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.144 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d07c',
    500: '#bfbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd40;
$custom-light: #d5d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77714,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD40

secondary

#9192CA

accent

#51D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD40

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

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