#BFBD53#BFBD53

#BFBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.128 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD53
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -13.21, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 54.37, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0398 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.128 108)
XYZ	xyz(41.2460, 48.0972, 15.2929)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD53 #5355BF

analogous

#BF8753 #BFBD53 #8BBF53

triadic

#BFBD53 #53BFBD #BD53BF

tetradic

#BFBD53 #53BF87 #5355BF #BF538B

square

#BFBD53 #53BF87 #5355BF #BF538B

split-complementary

#BFBD53 #538BBF #8753BF

monochromatic

#6E6D29 #9B993A #BFBD53 #D0CE80 #E0DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BFBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD53

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD53	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.128 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d087',
    500: '#bfbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd53;
$custom-light: #d5d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77893,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD53

secondary

#A0A1CE

accent

#55D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD53

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

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