#BFBD59#BFBD59

#BFBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.123 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD59
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -12.73, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 51.63, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0378 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.123 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4877, 48.1939, 16.5662)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD59 #595BBF

analogous

#BF8A59 #BFBD59 #8EBF59

triadic

#BFBD59 #59BFBD #BD59BF

tetradic

#BFBD59 #59BF8A #595BBF #BF598E

square

#BFBD59 #59BF8A #595BBF #BF598E

split-complementary

#BFBD59 #598EBF #8A59BF

monochromatic

#72702C #9E9C3D #BFBD59 #D0CF85 #E1E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD59

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD59	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)

#CBB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.123 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08b',
    500: '#bfbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd59;
$custom-light: #d4d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77961,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD59

secondary

#A4A5CF

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD59

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

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