#BFBE38#BFBE38

#BFBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.150 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE38
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -15.40, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 65.76, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0488 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.15 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.6146, 48.1900, 10.9028)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE38 #3839BF

analogous

#BF7B38 #BFBE38 #7CBF38

triadic

#BFBE38 #38BFBE #BE38BF

tetradic

#BFBE38 #38BF7B #3839BF #BF387C

square

#BFBE38 #38BF7B #3839BF #BF387C

split-complementary

#BFBE38 #387CBF #7B38BF

monochromatic

#60601C #908F2A #BFBE38 #D1D063 #DFDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE38

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE38	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)

#CDB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.150 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d178',
    500: '#bfbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe38;
$custom-light: #d6d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77872,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE38

secondary

#8989CA

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE38

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

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