#BFBE36#BFBE36

#BFBE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.151 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE36
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -15.50, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 66.46, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0493 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.151 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.5666, 48.1709, 10.6503)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE36 #3637BF

analogous

#BF7936 #BFBE36 #7BBF36

triadic

#BFBE36 #36BFBE #BE36BF

tetradic

#BFBE36 #36BF79 #3637BF #BF367B

square

#BFBE36 #36BF79 #3637BF #BF367B

split-complementary

#BFBE36 #367BBF #7936BF

monochromatic

#605F1B #8F8F29 #BFBE36 #D2D160 #E0DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BFBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE36

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE36	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#CDB61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.151 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d177',
    500: '#bfbe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe36;
$custom-light: #d6d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77858,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE36

secondary

#8787CA

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE36

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

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