#BFBD57#BFBD57

#BFBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.125 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD57
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -12.89, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 52.55, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0385 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.125 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4049, 48.1608, 16.1299)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD57 #5759BF

analogous

#BF8957 #BFBD57 #8DBF57

triadic

#BFBD57 #57BFBD #BD57BF

tetradic

#BFBD57 #57BF89 #5759BF #BF578D

square

#BFBD57 #57BF89 #5759BF #BF578D

split-complementary

#BFBD57 #578DBF #8957BF

monochromatic

#716F2B #9D9B3C #BFBD57 #D0CE83 #E1E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BFBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD57

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD57	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)

#CBB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.125 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d08a',
    500: '#bfbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd57;
$custom-light: #d5d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77938,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD57

secondary

#A3A4CF

accent

#56D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD57

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

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