#BFBD58#BFBD58

#BFBD58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.124 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD58
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 53.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -12.81, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 52.09, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0381 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.124 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4460, 48.1773, 16.3465)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD58 #585ABF

analogous

#BF8A58 #BFBD58 #8EBF58

triadic

#BFBD58 #58BFBD #BD58BF

tetradic

#BFBD58 #58BF8A #585ABF #BF588E

square

#BFBD58 #58BF8A #585ABF #BF588E

split-complementary

#BFBD58 #588EBF #8A58BF

monochromatic

#71702B #9D9C3C #BFBD58 #D0CE84 #E1E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD58

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD58	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.124 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08a',
    500: '#bfbd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd58;
$custom-light: #d4d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7795,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD58

secondary

#A4A5CF

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD58

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

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