#BFBE57#BFBE57

#BFBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.126 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE57
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -13.40, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 52.98, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0399 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.126 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6207, 48.5925, 16.2018)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE57 #5758BF

analogous

#BF8A57 #BFBE57 #8CBF57

triadic

#BFBE57 #57BFBE #BE57BF

tetradic

#BFBE57 #57BF8A #5758BF #BF578C

square

#BFBE57 #57BF8A #5758BF #BF578C

split-complementary

#BFBE57 #578CBF #8A57BF

monochromatic

#71702B #9D9C3C #BFBE57 #D0CF83 #E1E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE57

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE57	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)

#CCB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.126 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d18a',
    500: '#bfbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe57;
$custom-light: #d5d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE57

secondary

#A3A3CF

accent

#55D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE57

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

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