#BFBE58#BFBE58

#BFBE58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE58
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -13.32, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 52.52, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0396 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6619, 48.6090, 16.4185)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE58 #5859BF

analogous

#BF8A58 #BFBE58 #8DBF58

triadic

#BFBE58 #58BFBE #BE58BF

tetradic

#BFBE58 #58BF8A #5859BF #BF588D

square

#BFBE58 #58BF8A #5859BF #BF588D

split-complementary

#BFBE58 #588DBF #8A58BF

monochromatic

#71712B #9D9D3C #BFBE58 #D0CF84 #E1E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE58

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE58	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)

#CCB74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18a',
    500: '#bfbe58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe58;
$custom-light: #d4d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78165,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE58

secondary

#A4A4CF

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE58

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

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