#BFBE49#BFBE49

#BFBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE49
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -14.42, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 59.13, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0443 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.138 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1032, 48.3855, 13.4762)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE49 #494ABF

analogous

#BF8349 #BFBE49 #85BF49

triadic

#BFBE49 #49BFBE #BE49BF

tetradic

#BFBE49 #49BF83 #494ABF #BF4985

square

#BFBE49 #49BF83 #494ABF #BF4985

split-complementary

#BFBE49 #4985BF #8349BF

monochromatic

#696825 #969535 #BFBE49 #CFCE76 #DFDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BFBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE49

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE49	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d181',
    500: '#bfbe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe49;
$custom-light: #d5d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78009,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE49

secondary

#9898CC

accent

#51D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE49

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

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