#BFBE4C#BFBE4C

#BFBE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE4C
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -14.22, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 57.86, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0434 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.136 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2051, 48.4262, 14.0127)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE4C #4C4DBF

analogous

#BF844C #BFBE4C #87BF4C

triadic

#BFBE4C #4CBFBE #BE4CBF

tetradic

#BFBE4C #4CBF84 #4C4DBF #BF4C87

square

#BFBE4C #4CBF84 #4C4DBF #BF4C87

split-complementary

#BFBE4C #4C87BF #844CBF

monochromatic

#6B6A26 #989736 #BFBE4C #CFCE79 #DFDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BFBE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE4C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE4C	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)

#CCB73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d183',
    500: '#bfbe4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe4c;
$custom-light: #d5d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78037,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE4C

secondary

#9A9BCC

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE4C

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

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