#BFBE5D#BFBE5D

#BFBE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.120 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE5D
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -12.90, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 50.20, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0378 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.12 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8761, 48.6947, 17.5469)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE5D #5D5EBF

analogous

#BF8D5D #BFBE5D #8FBF5D

triadic

#BFBE5D #5DBFBE #BE5DBF

tetradic

#BFBE5D #5DBF8D #5D5EBF #BF5D8F

square

#BFBE5D #5DBF8D #5D5EBF #BF5D8F

split-complementary

#BFBE5D #5D8FBF #8D5DBF

monochromatic

#74732E #A09F3F #BFBE5D #D0D089 #E2E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BFBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE5D

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE5D	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)

#CBB754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.120 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18d',
    500: '#bfbe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe5d;
$custom-light: #d4d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78225,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE5D

secondary

#A8A8D0

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE5D

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

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