#BFBE3E#BFBE3E

#BFBE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.146 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE3E
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -15.09, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 63.54, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0474 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.146 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7702, 48.2523, 11.7225)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE3E #3E3FBF

analogous

#BF7E3E #BFBE3E #80BF3E

triadic

#BFBE3E #3EBFBE #BE3EBF

tetradic

#BFBE3E #3EBF7E #3E3FBF #BF3E80

square

#BFBE3E #3EBF7E #3E3FBF #BF3E80

split-complementary

#BFBE3E #3E80BF #7E3EBF

monochromatic

#636220 #91902F #BFBE3E #CFCE6B #DEDD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BFBE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE3E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE3E	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)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d17b',
    500: '#bfbe3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe3e;
$custom-light: #d6d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77915,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE3E

secondary

#8F8FCA

accent

#4EDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE3E

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

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