#BFBD4D#BFBD4D

#BFBD4D 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	#BFBD4D
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 59.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -13.64, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 57.02, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0417 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.134 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0243, 48.0086, 14.1253)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD4D #4D4FBF

analogous

#BF844D #BFBD4D #88BF4D

triadic

#BFBD4D #4DBFBD #BD4DBF

tetradic

#BFBD4D #4DBF84 #4D4FBF #BF4D88

square

#BFBD4D #4DBF84 #4D4FBF #BF4D88

split-complementary

#BFBD4D #4D88BF #844DBF

monochromatic

#6B6A27 #989637 #BFBD4D #CFCE7A #DFDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BFBD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD4D

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD4D	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)

#CBB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.134 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d083',
    500: '#bfbd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd4d;
$custom-light: #d5d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD4D

secondary

#9B9CCD

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD4D

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

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