#BFBE5E#BFBE5E

#BFBE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.119 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE5E
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -12.82, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 49.73, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0375 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.119 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9207, 48.7125, 17.7817)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE5E #5E5FBF

analogous

#BF8D5E #BFBE5E #8FBF5E

triadic

#BFBE5E #5EBFBE #BE5EBF

tetradic

#BFBE5E #5EBF8D #5E5FBF #BF5E8F

square

#BFBE5E #5EBF8D #5E5FBF #BF5E8F

split-complementary

#BFBE5E #5E8FBF #8D5EBF

monochromatic

#74742E #A09F40 #BFBE5E #D0D08A #E2E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BFBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE5E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE5E	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#CBB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.119 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18e',
    500: '#bfbe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe5e;
$custom-light: #d4d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78238,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE5E

secondary

#A8A9D0

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE5E

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

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