#BFBD47#BFBD47

#BFBD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD47
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -14.05, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 59.56, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0435 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.138 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8221, 47.9277, 13.0606)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD47 #4749BF

analogous

#BF8147 #BFBD47 #85BF47

triadic

#BFBD47 #47BFBD #BD47BF

tetradic

#BFBD47 #47BF81 #4749BF #BF4785

square

#BFBD47 #47BF81 #4749BF #BF4785

split-complementary

#BFBD47 #4785BF #8147BF

monochromatic

#686624 #959334 #BFBD47 #CFCD74 #DFDEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BFBD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD47

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD47	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d080',
    500: '#bfbd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd47;
$custom-light: #d5d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77774,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD47

secondary

#9697CB

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD47

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

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