#BFBE4E#BFBE4E

#BFBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.134 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE4E
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -14.08, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 56.99, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0428 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.134 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2757, 48.4545, 14.3846)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE4E #4E4FBF

analogous

#BF854E #BFBE4E #87BF4E

triadic

#BFBE4E #4EBFBE #BE4EBF

tetradic

#BFBE4E #4EBF85 #4E4FBF #BF4E87

square

#BFBE4E #4EBF85 #4E4FBF #BF4E87

split-complementary

#BFBE4E #4E87BF #854EBF

monochromatic

#6C6B27 #999837 #BFBE4E #CFCF7B #E0DFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BFBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE4E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE4E	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.134 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d184',
    500: '#bfbe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe4e;
$custom-light: #d5d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE4E

secondary

#9C9CCD

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE4E

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

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