#BFBE44#BFBE44

#BFBE44 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	#BFBE44
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -14.74, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 61.19, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0457 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.142 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9440, 48.3218, 12.6380)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE44 #4445BF

analogous

#BF8044 #BFBE44 #82BF44

triadic

#BFBE44 #44BFBE #BE44BF

tetradic

#BFBE44 #44BF80 #4445BF #BF4482

square

#BFBE44 #44BF80 #4445BF #BF4482

split-complementary

#BFBE44 #4482BF #8044BF

monochromatic

#666523 #939332 #BFBE44 #CFCE72 #DEDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFBE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE44

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE44	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)

#CDB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17e',
    500: '#bfbe44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe44;
$custom-light: #d5d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE44

secondary

#9495CB

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE44

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

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