#BFBE5C#BFBE5C

#BFBE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE5C
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -12.99, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 50.67, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0382 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.121 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8321, 48.6771, 17.3151)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE5C #5C5DBF

analogous

#BF8C5C #BFBE5C #8EBF5C

triadic

#BFBE5C #5CBFBE #BE5CBF

tetradic

#BFBE5C #5CBF8C #5C5DBF #BF5C8E

square

#BFBE5C #5CBF8C #5C5DBF #BF5C8E

split-complementary

#BFBE5C #5C8EBF #8C5CBF

monochromatic

#73732D #9F9E3F #BFBE5C #D0D088 #E2E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BFBE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE5C

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE5C	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18d',
    500: '#bfbe5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe5c;
$custom-light: #d4d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78213,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE5C

secondary

#A7A7D0

accent

#56D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE5C

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

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