#BFBE4F#BFBE4F

#BFBE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.133 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE4F
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -14.01, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 56.56, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0425 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.133 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3118, 48.4689, 14.5749)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE4F #4F50BF

analogous

#BF864F #BFBE4F #88BF4F

triadic

#BFBE4F #4FBFBE #BE4FBF

tetradic

#BFBE4F #4FBF86 #4F50BF #BF4F88

square

#BFBE4F #4FBF86 #4F50BF #BF4F88

split-complementary

#BFBE4F #4F88BF #864FBF

monochromatic

#6C6C27 #999838 #BFBE4F #CFCF7C #E0DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BFBE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE4F

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE4F	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)

#CCB743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.133 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d185',
    500: '#bfbe4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe4f;
$custom-light: #d5d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78067,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE4F

secondary

#9D9DCD

accent

#53D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE4F

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

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