#BFBE3A#BFBE3A

#BFBE3A 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	#BFBE3A
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -15.30, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 65.03, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0483 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.149 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.6645, 48.2100, 11.1656)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE3A #3A3BBF

analogous

#BF7C3A #BFBE3A #7EBF3A

triadic

#BFBE3A #3ABFBE #BE3ABF

tetradic

#BFBE3A #3ABF7C #3A3BBF #BF3A7E

square

#BFBE3A #3ABF7C #3A3BBF #BF3A7E

split-complementary

#BFBE3A #3A7EBF #7C3ABF

monochromatic

#61611D #908F2C #BFBE3A #D0D066 #DFDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE3A

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE3A	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.149 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d179',
    500: '#bfbe3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe3a;
$custom-light: #d6d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77886,
    "c": 0.14869,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE3A

secondary

#8B8BCA

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE3A

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

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