#BFBE2C#BFBE2C

#BFBE2C 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	#BFBE2C
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -15.92, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 69.71, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0513 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.157 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3555, 48.0864, 9.5382)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE2C #2C2DBF

analogous

#BF742C #BFBE2C #76BF2C

triadic

#BFBE2C #2CBFBE #BE2CBF

tetradic

#BFBE2C #2CBF74 #2C2DBF #BF2C76

square

#BFBE2C #2CBF74 #2C2DBF #BF2C76

split-complementary

#BFBE2C #2C76BF #742CBF

monochromatic

#5C5B15 #8D8D21 #BFBE2C #D7D651 #E2E283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BFBE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE2C

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE2C	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)

#D0BA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.157 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d172',
    500: '#bfbe2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe2c;
$custom-light: #d6d172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77799,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE2C

secondary

#7B7CCC

accent

#43E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE2C

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

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