#BFBE2D#BFBE2D

#BFBE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.156 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE2D
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -15.88, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 69.40, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0512 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.156 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3745, 48.0940, 9.6384)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE2D #2D2EBF

analogous

#BF752D #BFBE2D #77BF2D

triadic

#BFBE2D #2DBFBE #BE2DBF

tetradic

#BFBE2D #2DBF75 #2D2EBF #BF2D77

square

#BFBE2D #2DBF75 #2D2EBF #BF2D77

split-complementary

#BFBE2D #2D77BF #752DBF

monochromatic

#5C5B16 #8D8D21 #BFBE2D #D6D653 #E2E184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BFBE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE2D

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE2D	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)

#CEB603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.156 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d172',
    500: '#bfbe2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe2d;
$custom-light: #d6d172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.589,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77804,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE2D

secondary

#7C7DCB

accent

#44E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE2D

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

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