#BFBD44#BFBD44

#BFBD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.141 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD44
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 64.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -14.23, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 60.79, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0443 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7282, 47.8901, 12.5660)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD44 #4446BF

analogous

#BF7F44 #BFBD44 #84BF44

triadic

#BFBD44 #44BFBD #BD44BF

tetradic

#BFBD44 #44BF7F #4446BF #BF4484

square

#BFBD44 #44BF7F #4446BF #BF4484

split-complementary

#BFBD44 #4484BF #7F44BF

monochromatic

#666523 #939232 #BFBD44 #CFCD72 #DEDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BFBD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD44

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD44	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d07e',
    500: '#bfbd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd44;
$custom-light: #d5d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77747,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD44

secondary

#9495CB

accent

#51D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD44

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

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