#BFBE56#BFBE56

#BFBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE56
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -13.48, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 53.43, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0402 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5802, 48.5763, 15.9881)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE56 #5657BF

analogous

#BF8A56 #BFBE56 #8BBF56

triadic

#BFBE56 #56BFBE #BE56BF

tetradic

#BFBE56 #56BF8A #5657BF #BF568B

square

#BFBE56 #56BF8A #5657BF #BF568B

split-complementary

#BFBE56 #568BBF #8A56BF

monochromatic

#706F2A #9D9C3B #BFBE56 #D0CF82 #E1E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE56

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE56	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d189',
    500: '#bfbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe56;
$custom-light: #d5d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78143,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE56

secondary

#A2A3CF

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE56

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

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