#BFBE4A#BFBE4A

#BFBE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.137 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE4A
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -14.36, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 58.71, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.044 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.137 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1366, 48.3989, 13.6522)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE4A #4A4BBF

analogous

#BF844A #BFBE4A #86BF4A

triadic

#BFBE4A #4ABFBE #BE4ABF

tetradic

#BFBE4A #4ABF84 #4A4BBF #BF4A86

square

#BFBE4A #4ABF84 #4A4BBF #BF4A86

split-complementary

#BFBE4A #4A86BF #844ABF

monochromatic

#696925 #979635 #BFBE4A #CFCE77 #DFDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BFBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE4A

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE4A	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)

#CDB73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.137 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d182',
    500: '#bfbe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe4a;
$custom-light: #d5d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78018,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE4A

secondary

#9999CC

accent

#52D750

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE4A

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

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