#BFBE40#BFBE40

#BFBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE40
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -14.98, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 62.77, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0468 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.145 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8261, 48.2747, 12.0169)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE40 #4041BF

analogous

#BF7F40 #BFBE40 #80BF40

triadic

#BFBE40 #40BFBE #BE40BF

tetradic

#BFBE40 #40BF7F #4041BF #BF4080

square

#BFBE40 #40BF7F #4041BF #BF4080

split-complementary

#BFBE40 #4080BF #7F40BF

monochromatic

#636321 #919031 #BFBE40 #CECE6E #DEDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BFBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE40

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE40	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)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17c',
    500: '#bfbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe40;
$custom-light: #d5d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE40

secondary

#9191CA

accent

#50D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE40

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

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