#BFBD4B#BFBD4B

#BFBD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD4B
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -13.78, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 57.88, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0423 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.135 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9547, 47.9807, 13.7591)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD4B #4B4DBF

analogous

#BF834B #BFBD4B #87BF4B

triadic

#BFBD4B #4BBFBD #BD4BBF

tetradic

#BFBD4B #4BBF83 #4B4DBF #BF4B87

square

#BFBD4B #4BBF83 #4B4DBF #BF4B87

split-complementary

#BFBD4B #4B87BF #834BBF

monochromatic

#6A6926 #979536 #BFBD4B #CFCE78 #DFDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BFBD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD4B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD4B	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d082',
    500: '#bfbd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd4b;
$custom-light: #d5d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77811,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD4B

secondary

#9A9ACC

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD4B

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

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