#BFBE59#BFBE59

#BFBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.124 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE59
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -13.24, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 52.06, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0392 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.124 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7036, 48.6256, 16.6381)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE59 #595ABF

analogous

#BF8B59 #BFBE59 #8DBF59

triadic

#BFBE59 #59BFBE #BE59BF

tetradic

#BFBE59 #59BF8B #595ABF #BF598D

square

#BFBE59 #59BF8B #595ABF #BF598D

split-complementary

#BFBE59 #598DBF #8B59BF

monochromatic

#72712C #9E9D3D #BFBE59 #D0CF85 #E1E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BFBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE59

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE59	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.124 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18b',
    500: '#bfbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe59;
$custom-light: #d4d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78177,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE59

secondary

#A4A5CF

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE59

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

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