#BFBD5B#BFBD5B

#BFBD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.121 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD5B
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -12.56, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 50.70, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0371 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.121 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5728, 48.2280, 17.0145)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD5B #5B5DBF

analogous

#BF8B5B #BFBD5B #8FBF5B

triadic

#BFBD5B #5BBFBD #BD5BBF

tetradic

#BFBD5B #5BBF8B #5B5DBF #BF5B8F

square

#BFBD5B #5BBF8B #5B5DBF #BF5B8F

split-complementary

#BFBD5B #5B8FBF #8B5BBF

monochromatic

#73712D #9F9D3E #BFBD5B #D0CF87 #E1E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BFBD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD5B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD5B	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.121 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08c',
    500: '#bfbd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd5b;
$custom-light: #d4d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77985,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD5B

secondary

#A6A7D0

accent

#57D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD5B

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

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