#BFBD62#BFBD62

#BFBD62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD62
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 48.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -11.95, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 47.38, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0346 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.114 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8890, 48.3545, 18.6796)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD62 #6264BF

analogous

#BF8F62 #BFBD62 #93BF62

triadic

#BFBD62 #62BFBD #BD62BF

tetradic

#BFBD62 #62BF8F #6264BF #BF6293

square

#BFBD62 #62BF8F #6264BF #BF6293

split-complementary

#BFBD62 #6293BF #8F62BF

monochromatic

#767530 #A2A042 #BFBD62 #D1CF8D #E2E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BFBD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD62

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD62	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)

#CAB75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d091',
    500: '#bfbd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd62;
$custom-light: #d4d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78074,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD62

secondary

#ABACD1

accent

#59D256

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD62

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

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