#BFBE50#BFBE50

#BFBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.132 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE50
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -13.94, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 56.12, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0422 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.132 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3485, 48.4836, 14.7680)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE50 #5051BF

analogous

#BF8650 #BFBE50 #89BF50

triadic

#BFBE50 #50BFBE #BE50BF

tetradic

#BFBE50 #50BF86 #5051BF #BF5089

square

#BFBE50 #50BF86 #5051BF #BF5089

split-complementary

#BFBE50 #5089BF #8650BF

monochromatic

#6D6C28 #9A9938 #BFBE50 #CFCF7D #E0DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BFBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE50

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE50	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.132 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d185',
    500: '#bfbe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe50;
$custom-light: #d5d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78078,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE50

secondary

#9D9ECD

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE50

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

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