#BFBD61#BFBD61

#BFBD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD61
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -12.04, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 47.86, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.035 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.115 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8421, 48.3357, 18.4325)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD61 #6163BF

analogous

#BF8E61 #BFBD61 #92BF61

triadic

#BFBD61 #61BFBD #BD61BF

tetradic

#BFBD61 #61BF8E #6163BF #BF6192

square

#BFBD61 #61BF8E #6163BF #BF6192

split-complementary

#BFBD61 #6192BF #8E61BF

monochromatic

#767430 #A19F41 #BFBD61 #D1CF8D #E2E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BFBD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD61

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD61	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d090',
    500: '#bfbd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd61;
$custom-light: #d4d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78061,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD61

secondary

#ABABD1

accent

#58D256

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD61

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

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