#BFBE52#BFBE52

#BFBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.130 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE52
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -13.79, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 55.23, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0415 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.13 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4235, 48.5136, 15.1630)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE52 #5253BF

analogous

#BF8752 #BFBE52 #89BF52

triadic

#BFBE52 #52BFBE #BE52BF

tetradic

#BFBE52 #52BF87 #5253BF #BF5289

square

#BFBE52 #52BF87 #5253BF #BF5289

split-complementary

#BFBE52 #5289BF #8752BF

monochromatic

#6E6D29 #9B9A39 #BFBE52 #D0CF7F #E0E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BFBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE52

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE52	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)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.130 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d186',
    500: '#bfbe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe52;
$custom-light: #d5d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78099,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE52

secondary

#9F9FCE

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE52

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

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