#BFBE3B#BFBE3B

#BFBE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.148 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE3B
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -15.25, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 64.67, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0481 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.148 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.6902, 48.2203, 11.3009)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE3B #3B3CBF

analogous

#BF7C3B #BFBE3B #7EBF3B

triadic

#BFBE3B #3BBFBE #BE3BBF

tetradic

#BFBE3B #3BBF7C #3B3CBF #BF3B7E

square

#BFBE3B #3BBF7C #3B3CBF #BF3B7E

split-complementary

#BFBE3B #3B7EBF #7C3BBF

monochromatic

#61611E #908F2D #BFBE3B #D0CF67 #DFDE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE3B

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE3B	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)

#CDB626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.148 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d179',
    500: '#bfbe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe3b;
$custom-light: #d6d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77893,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE3B

secondary

#8C8CCA

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE3B

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

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