#BFBE43#BFBE43

#BFBE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.142 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE43
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -14.80, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 61.59, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.046 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.143 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9138, 48.3097, 12.4786)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE43 #4344BF

analogous

#BF8043 #BFBE43 #82BF43

triadic

#BFBE43 #43BFBE #BE43BF

tetradic

#BFBE43 #43BF80 #4344BF #BF4382

square

#BFBE43 #43BF80 #4344BF #BF4382

split-complementary

#BFBE43 #4382BF #8043BF

monochromatic

#656522 #939232 #BFBE43 #CFCE71 #DEDE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFBE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE43

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE43	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)

#CDB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17e',
    500: '#bfbe43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe43;
$custom-light: #d5d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77956,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE43

secondary

#9394CA

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE43

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

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