#BFBD42#BFBD42

#BFBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.142 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD42
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -14.35, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 61.59, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0449 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.142 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6682, 47.8661, 12.2500)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD42 #4244BF

analogous

#BF7E42 #BFBD42 #82BF42

triadic

#BFBD42 #42BFBD #BD42BF

tetradic

#BFBD42 #42BF7E #4244BF #BF4282

square

#BFBD42 #42BF7E #4244BF #BF4282

split-complementary

#BFBD42 #4282BF #7E42BF

monochromatic

#656322 #929132 #BFBD42 #CECD70 #DEDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BFBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD42

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD42	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.142 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d07d',
    500: '#bfbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd42;
$custom-light: #d5d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD42

secondary

#9393CA

accent

#51D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD42

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

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