#BFBE5A#BFBE5A

#BFBE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE5A
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -13.16, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 51.60, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0389 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7458, 48.6425, 16.8608)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE5A #5A5BBF

analogous

#BF8B5A #BFBE5A #8DBF5A

triadic

#BFBE5A #5ABFBE #BE5ABF

tetradic

#BFBE5A #5ABF8B #5A5BBF #BF5A8D

square

#BFBE5A #5ABF8B #5A5BBF #BF5A8D

split-complementary

#BFBE5A #5A8DBF #8B5ABF

monochromatic

#72722C #9E9D3D #BFBE5A #D0CF86 #E1E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BFBE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE5A

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE5A	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)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18c',
    500: '#bfbe5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe5a;
$custom-light: #d4d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78189,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE5A

secondary

#A5A6D0

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE5A

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

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