#BFBD46#BFBD46

#BFBD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.139 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD46
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -14.11, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 59.97, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0438 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.139 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7903, 47.9150, 12.8930)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD46 #4648BF

analogous

#BF8046 #BFBD46 #84BF46

triadic

#BFBD46 #46BFBD #BD46BF

tetradic

#BFBD46 #46BF80 #4648BF #BF4684

square

#BFBD46 #46BF80 #4648BF #BF4684

split-complementary

#BFBD46 #4684BF #8046BF

monochromatic

#676624 #949333 #BFBD46 #CFCD73 #DEDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BFBD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD46

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD46	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.139 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d07f',
    500: '#bfbd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd46;
$custom-light: #d5d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77765,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD46

secondary

#9697CB

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD46

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

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