#BFBE46#BFBE46

#BFBE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.140 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE46
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -14.62, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 60.37, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0452 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.14 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0061, 48.3467, 12.9649)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE46 #4647BF

analogous

#BF8146 #BFBE46 #83BF46

triadic

#BFBE46 #46BFBE #BE46BF

tetradic

#BFBE46 #46BF81 #4647BF #BF4683

square

#BFBE46 #46BF81 #4647BF #BF4683

split-complementary

#BFBE46 #4683BF #8146BF

monochromatic

#676624 #949433 #BFBE46 #CFCE73 #DEDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BFBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE46

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE46	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17f',
    500: '#bfbe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe46;
$custom-light: #d5d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77982,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE46

secondary

#9696CB

accent

#51D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE46

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

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