#BFBD5E#BFBD5E

#BFBD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.118 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD5E
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -12.30, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 49.29, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.036 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.118 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7049, 48.2808, 17.7097)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD5E #5E60BF

analogous

#BF8C5E #BFBD5E #90BF5E

triadic

#BFBD5E #5EBFBD #BD5EBF

tetradic

#BFBD5E #5EBF8C #5E60BF #BF5E90

square

#BFBD5E #5EBF8C #5E60BF #BF5E90

split-complementary

#BFBD5E #5E90BF #8C5EBF

monochromatic

#74732E #A09E40 #BFBD5E #D0CF8A #E2E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFBD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD5E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD5E	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.118 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08e',
    500: '#bfbd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd5e;
$custom-light: #d4d08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78023,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD5E

secondary

#A8A9D0

accent

#58D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD5E

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

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