#BFBD5D#BFBD5D

#BFBD5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.119 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD5D
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 51.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -12.39, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 49.76, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0364 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.119 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6603, 48.2630, 17.4749)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD5D #5D5FBF

analogous

#BF8C5D #BFBD5D #90BF5D

triadic

#BFBD5D #5DBFBD #BD5DBF

tetradic

#BFBD5D #5DBF8C #5D5FBF #BF5D90

square

#BFBD5D #5DBF8C #5D5FBF #BF5D90

split-complementary

#BFBD5D #5D90BF #8C5DBF

monochromatic

#74722E #A09E3F #BFBD5D #D0CF89 #E2E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BFBD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD5D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD5D	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)

#CAB654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.119 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08d',
    500: '#bfbd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd5d;
$custom-light: #d4d08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD5D

secondary

#A8A8D0

accent

#57D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD5D

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

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