#BFBD65#BFBD65

#BFBD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.111 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD65
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 47.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -11.67, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 45.93, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0335 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.111 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0333, 48.4122, 19.4397)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD65 #6567BF

analogous

#BF9065 #BFBD65 #94BF65

triadic

#BFBD65 #65BFBD #BD65BF

tetradic

#BFBD65 #65BF90 #6567BF #BF6594

square

#BFBD65 #65BF90 #6567BF #BF6594

split-complementary

#BFBD65 #6594BF #9065BF

monochromatic

#787632 #A3A144 #BFBD65 #D1D090 #E3E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BFBD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD65

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD65	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.111 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d093',
    500: '#bfbd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd65;
$custom-light: #d4d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD65

secondary

#AEAED2

accent

#59D157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD65

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

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