#BFBD4F#BFBD4F

#BFBD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.132 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD4F
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -13.50, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 56.14, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0411 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.132 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0960, 48.0372, 14.5029)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD4F #4F51BF

analogous

#BF854F #BFBD4F #89BF4F

triadic

#BFBD4F #4FBFBD #BD4FBF

tetradic

#BFBD4F #4FBF85 #4F51BF #BF4F89

square

#BFBD4F #4FBF85 #4F51BF #BF4F89

split-complementary

#BFBD4F #4F89BF #854FBF

monochromatic

#6C6B27 #999738 #BFBD4F #CFCE7C #E0DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BFBD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD4F

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD4F	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.132 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d085',
    500: '#bfbd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd4f;
$custom-light: #d5d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77851,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD4F

secondary

#9D9ECD

accent

#54D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD4F

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

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