#BFBD49#BFBD49

#BFBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD49
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -13.92, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 58.72, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0429 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.137 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8874, 47.9538, 13.4042)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD49 #494BBF

analogous

#BF8249 #BFBD49 #86BF49

triadic

#BFBD49 #49BFBD #BD49BF

tetradic

#BFBD49 #49BF82 #494BBF #BF4986

square

#BFBD49 #49BF82 #494BBF #BF4986

split-complementary

#BFBD49 #4986BF #8249BF

monochromatic

#696825 #969435 #BFBD49 #CFCD76 #DFDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BFBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD49

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD49	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)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d081',
    500: '#bfbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd49;
$custom-light: #d5d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77792,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD49

secondary

#9899CC

accent

#53D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD49

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

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