#BFBE53#BFBE53

#BFBE53 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 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE53
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -13.72, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 54.79, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0412 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.13 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4618, 48.5289, 15.3649)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE53 #5354BF

analogous

#BF8853 #BFBE53 #8ABF53

triadic

#BFBE53 #53BFBE #BE53BF

tetradic

#BFBE53 #53BF88 #5354BF #BF538A

square

#BFBE53 #53BF88 #5354BF #BF538A

split-complementary

#BFBE53 #538ABF #8853BF

monochromatic

#6E6E29 #9B9A3A #BFBE53 #D0CF80 #E0E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BFBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE53

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE53	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.130 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d187',
    500: '#bfbe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe53;
$custom-light: #d5d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78109,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE53

secondary

#A0A0CE

accent

#54D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE53

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

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