#BFBE5B#BFBE5B

#BFBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.122 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE5B
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -13.07, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 51.13, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0385 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.122 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7887, 48.6597, 17.0864)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE5B #5B5CBF

analogous

#BF8C5B #BFBE5B #8EBF5B

triadic

#BFBE5B #5BBFBE #BE5BBF

tetradic

#BFBE5B #5BBF8C #5B5CBF #BF5B8E

square

#BFBE5B #5BBF8C #5B5CBF #BF5B8E

split-complementary

#BFBE5B #5B8EBF #8C5BBF

monochromatic

#73722D #9F9E3E #BFBE5B #D0CF87 #E1E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BFBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE5B

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE5B	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)

#CBB751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.122 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18c',
    500: '#bfbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe5b;
$custom-light: #d4d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78201,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE5B

secondary

#A6A6D0

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE5B

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

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