#BFBE55#BFBE55

#BFBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.128 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE55
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -13.56, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 53.89, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0406 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.128 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5401, 48.5603, 15.7774)
Luminance	0.4856 (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

#BFBE55 #5556BF

analogous

#BF8955 #BFBE55 #8BBF55

triadic

#BFBE55 #55BFBE #BE55BF

tetradic

#BFBE55 #55BF89 #5556BF #BF558B

square

#BFBE55 #55BF89 #5556BF #BF558B

split-complementary

#BFBE55 #558BBF #8955BF

monochromatic

#706F2A #9C9B3B #BFBE55 #D0CF81 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BFBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE55

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE55	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)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.128 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d188',
    500: '#bfbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe55;
$custom-light: #d5d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE55

secondary

#A1A2CE

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE55

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

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