#BFBD4C#BFBD4C

#BFBD4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.134 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD4C
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -13.71, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 57.45, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.042 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.134 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9892, 47.9945, 13.9408)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD4C #4C4EBF

analogous

#BF844C #BFBD4C #87BF4C

triadic

#BFBD4C #4CBFBD #BD4CBF

tetradic

#BFBD4C #4CBF84 #4C4EBF #BF4C87

square

#BFBD4C #4CBF84 #4C4EBF #BF4C87

split-complementary

#BFBD4C #4C87BF #844CBF

monochromatic

#6B6926 #989636 #BFBD4C #CFCE79 #DFDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BFBD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD4C

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD4C	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)

#CBB63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.134 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d083',
    500: '#bfbd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd4c;
$custom-light: #d5d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD4C

secondary

#9A9BCC

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD4C

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

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