#BFBD5C#BFBD5C

#BFBD5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD5C
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 51.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -12.48, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 50.23, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0367 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.12 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6163, 48.2454, 17.2432)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD5C #5C5EBF

analogous

#BF8B5C #BFBD5C #8FBF5C

triadic

#BFBD5C #5CBFBD #BD5CBF

tetradic

#BFBD5C #5CBF8B #5C5EBF #BF5C8F

square

#BFBD5C #5CBF8B #5C5EBF #BF5C8F

split-complementary

#BFBD5C #5C8FBF #8B5CBF

monochromatic

#73722D #9F9D3F #BFBD5C #D0CF88 #E2E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BFBD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD5C

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD5C	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)

#CAB653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08d',
    500: '#bfbd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd5c;
$custom-light: #d4d08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD5C

secondary

#A7A8D0

accent

#57D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD5C

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

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