#BFBD4A#BFBD4A

#BFBD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.136 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD4A
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 61.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -13.85, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 58.30, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0426 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.136 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9208, 47.9672, 13.5803)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD4A #4A4CBF

analogous

#BF824A #BFBD4A #87BF4A

triadic

#BFBD4A #4ABFBD #BD4ABF

tetradic

#BFBD4A #4ABF82 #4A4CBF #BF4A87

square

#BFBD4A #4ABF82 #4A4CBF #BF4A87

split-complementary

#BFBD4A #4A87BF #824ABF

monochromatic

#696825 #979535 #BFBD4A #CFCD77 #DFDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BFBD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD4A

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD4A	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)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.136 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d082',
    500: '#bfbd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd4a;
$custom-light: #d5d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77802,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD4A

secondary

#999ACC

accent

#53D750

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD4A

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

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