#BFBD50#BFBD50

#BFBD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.131 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD50
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -13.43, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 55.70, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0407 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.131 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1326, 48.0519, 14.6961)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD50 #5052BF

analogous

#BF8550 #BFBD50 #89BF50

triadic

#BFBD50 #50BFBD #BD50BF

tetradic

#BFBD50 #50BF85 #5052BF #BF5089

square

#BFBD50 #50BF85 #5052BF #BF5089

split-complementary

#BFBD50 #5089BF #8550BF

monochromatic

#6D6C28 #9A9838 #BFBD50 #CFCE7D #E0DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BFBD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD50

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD50	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)

#CBB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.131 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d085',
    500: '#bfbd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd50;
$custom-light: #d5d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77861,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD50

secondary

#9D9ECD

accent

#54D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD50

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

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