#BFBD48#BFBD48

#BFBD48 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	#BFBD48
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -13.98, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 59.14, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0432 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.138 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8545, 47.9406, 13.2310)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD48 #484ABF

analogous

#BF8248 #BFBD48 #86BF48

triadic

#BFBD48 #48BFBD #BD48BF

tetradic

#BFBD48 #48BF82 #484ABF #BF4886

square

#BFBD48 #48BF82 #484ABF #BF4886

split-complementary

#BFBD48 #4886BF #8248BF

monochromatic

#686724 #969434 #BFBD48 #CFCD75 #DFDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BFBD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD48

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD48	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)

#CCB63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d080',
    500: '#bfbd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd48;
$custom-light: #d5d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77783,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD48

secondary

#9798CC

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD48

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

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