#BFBE2B#BFBE2B
#BFBE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.157 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BFBE2B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(191, 190, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 63%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 77%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 77.5%, 25.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.87, -15.96, 68.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.87, 70.00, 103.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.79% -0.0515 0.1484) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.79% 0.157 109.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.3369, 48.0790, 9.4404) |
| Luminance | 0.4808 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 1.80
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 2.51
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.29
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.54
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 3.56
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BFBE2B #2B2CBF
analogous
#BF742B #BFBE2B #76BF2B
triadic
#BFBE2B #2BBFBE #BE2BBF
tetradic
#BFBE2B #2BBF74 #2B2CBF #BF2B76
square
#BFBE2B #2BBF74 #2B2CBF #BF2B76
split-complementary
#BFBE2B #2B76BF #742BBF
monochromatic
#5B5B15 #8D8C20 #BFBE2B #D8D750 #E3E282
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#BFBE2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.62
#BFBE2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BFBE2B
10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BFBE2B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BFBE2B | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.62 | 10.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB600
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BA38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CDB1A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bfbe2b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.157 109.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d6d171',
500: '#bfbe2b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bfbe2b; $custom-light: #d6d171; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bfbe2b",
"rgb": {
"r": 191,
"g": 190,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.595,
"s": 63.248,
"l": 45.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77793,
"c": 0.15711,
"h": 109.1
},
"luminance": 0.48078
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BFBE2B
secondary
#7A7BCC
accent
#43E642
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151409
muted
#83827B