#BFBD56#BFBD56

#BFBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.126 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD56
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -12.97, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 53.01, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0388 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.126 108)
XYZ	xyz(41.3643, 48.1446, 15.9162)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD56 #5658BF

analogous

#BF8956 #BFBD56 #8DBF56

triadic

#BFBD56 #56BFBD #BD56BF

tetradic

#BFBD56 #56BF89 #5658BF #BF568D

square

#BFBD56 #56BF89 #5658BF #BF568D

split-complementary

#BFBD56 #568DBF #8956BF

monochromatic

#706F2A #9D9B3B #BFBD56 #D0CE82 #E1E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BFBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD56

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD56	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.126 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d089',
    500: '#bfbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd56;
$custom-light: #d5d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.48143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD56

secondary

#A2A3CF

accent

#56D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD56

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

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