#BFBD5A#BFBD5A

#BFBD5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.122 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD5A
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 52.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -12.65, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 51.16, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0374 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.122 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5300, 48.2109, 16.7888)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD5A #5A5CBF

analogous

#BF8B5A #BFBD5A #8EBF5A

triadic

#BFBD5A #5ABFBD #BD5ABF

tetradic

#BFBD5A #5ABF8B #5A5CBF #BF5A8E

square

#BFBD5A #5ABF8B #5A5CBF #BF5A8E

split-complementary

#BFBD5A #5A8EBF #8B5ABF

monochromatic

#72712C #9E9C3D #BFBD5A #D0CF86 #E1E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD5A

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD5A	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)

#CBB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.122 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08b',
    500: '#bfbd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd5a;
$custom-light: #d4d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD5A

secondary

#A5A6D0

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD5A

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

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