#BFBE39#BFBE39

#BFBE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.149 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE39
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -15.35, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 65.40, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0486 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.149 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.6393, 48.1999, 11.0329)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE39 #393ABF

analogous

#BF7B39 #BFBE39 #7DBF39

triadic

#BFBE39 #39BFBE #BE39BF

tetradic

#BFBE39 #39BF7B #393ABF #BF397D

square

#BFBE39 #39BF7B #393ABF #BF397D

split-complementary

#BFBE39 #397DBF #7B39BF

monochromatic

#61601D #908F2B #BFBE39 #D1D064 #DFDE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE39

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE39	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)

#CDB622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.149 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d178',
    500: '#bfbe39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe39;
$custom-light: #d6d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77878,
    "c": 0.14932,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE39

secondary

#8A8ACA

accent

#4BDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE39

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

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