#BFBE37#BFBE37

#BFBE37 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 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE37
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -15.45, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 66.11, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0491 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.151 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.5904, 48.1804, 10.7753)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE37 #3738BF

analogous

#BF7A37 #BFBE37 #7CBF37

triadic

#BFBE37 #37BFBE #BE37BF

tetradic

#BFBE37 #37BF7A #3738BF #BF377C

square

#BFBE37 #37BF7A #3738BF #BF377C

split-complementary

#BFBE37 #377CBF #7A37BF

monochromatic

#605F1C #8F8F29 #BFBE37 #D2D162 #DFDF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE37

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE37	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.151 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d177',
    500: '#bfbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe37;
$custom-light: #d6d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77865,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE37

secondary

#8888CA

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE37

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

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