#BFBE2E#BFBE2E

#BFBE2E 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	#BFBE2E
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -15.84, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 69.10, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.051 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.156 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3940, 48.1018, 9.7410)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE2E #2E2FBF

analogous

#BF762E #BFBE2E #78BF2E

triadic

#BFBE2E #2EBFBE #BE2EBF

tetradic

#BFBE2E #2EBF76 #2E2FBF #BF2E78

square

#BFBE2E #2EBF76 #2E2FBF #BF2E78

split-complementary

#BFBE2E #2E78BF #762EBF

monochromatic

#5C5C16 #8E8D22 #BFBE2E #D6D554 #E2E186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BFBE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE2E

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE2E	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)

#CEB606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.156 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d173',
    500: '#bfbe2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe2e;
$custom-light: #d6d173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77809,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE2E

secondary

#7E7ECB

accent

#45E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE2E

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

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