#BFBE42#BFBE42

#BFBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.143 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE42
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -14.86, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 61.99, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0463 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.143 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8840, 48.2978, 12.3220)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE42 #4243BF

analogous

#BF7F42 #BFBE42 #81BF42

triadic

#BFBE42 #42BFBE #BE42BF

tetradic

#BFBE42 #42BF7F #4243BF #BF4281

square

#BFBE42 #42BF7F #4243BF #BF4281

split-complementary

#BFBE42 #4281BF #7F42BF

monochromatic

#656422 #929132 #BFBE42 #CECE70 #DEDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE42

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE42	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17d',
    500: '#bfbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe42;
$custom-light: #d5d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77947,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE42

secondary

#9393CA

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE42

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

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