#BFBE33#BFBE33

#BFBE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.153 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE33
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -15.63, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 67.48, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0499 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.153 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4984, 48.1435, 10.2907)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE33 #3334BF

analogous

#BF7833 #BFBE33 #7ABF33

triadic

#BFBE33 #33BFBE #BE33BF

tetradic

#BFBE33 #33BF78 #3334BF #BF337A

square

#BFBE33 #33BF78 #3334BF #BF337A

split-complementary

#BFBE33 #337ABF #7833BF

monochromatic

#5E5E19 #8F8E26 #BFBE33 #D3D35C #E0E08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BFBE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE33

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE33	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.153 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d175',
    500: '#bfbe33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe33;
$custom-light: #d6d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77839,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE33

secondary

#8384CB

accent

#48E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE33

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

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