#BFBE3D#BFBE3D

#BFBE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.147 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE3D
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -15.14, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 63.92, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0476 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.147 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7430, 48.2414, 11.5793)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE3D #3D3EBF

analogous

#BF7D3D #BFBE3D #7FBF3D

triadic

#BFBE3D #3DBFBE #BE3DBF

tetradic

#BFBE3D #3DBF7D #3D3EBF #BF3D7F

square

#BFBE3D #3DBF7D #3D3EBF #BF3D7F

split-complementary

#BFBE3D #3D7FBF #7D3DBF

monochromatic

#62621F #91902E #BFBE3D #CFCF6A #DEDE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BFBE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE3D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE3D	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.147 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d17a',
    500: '#bfbe3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe3d;
$custom-light: #d6d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77908,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE3D

secondary

#8E8ECA

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE3D

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

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