#BFBE5F#BFBE5F

#BFBE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE5F
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -12.73, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 49.25, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0371 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.118 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9659, 48.7306, 18.0195)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE5F #5F60BF

analogous

#BF8E5F #BFBE5F #90BF5F

triadic

#BFBE5F #5FBFBE #BE5FBF

tetradic

#BFBE5F #5FBF8E #5F60BF #BF5F90

square

#BFBE5F #5FBF8E #5F60BF #BF5F90

split-complementary

#BFBE5F #5F90BF #8E5FBF

monochromatic

#75742F #A1A040 #BFBE5F #D0D08B #E2E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BFBE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE5F

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE5F	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d18f',
    500: '#bfbe5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe5f;
$custom-light: #d4d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7825,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE5F

secondary

#A9A9D1

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE5F

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

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