#BFC157#BFC157

#BFC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.129 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC157
RGB	rgb(191, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -14.93, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 54.28, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0442 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.129 110)
XYZ	xyz(42.2772, 49.9054, 16.4206)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC157 #5957C1

analogous

#C18E57 #BFC157 #8AC157

triadic

#BFC157 #57BFC1 #C157BF

tetradic

#BFC157 #57C18E #5957C1 #C1578A

square

#BFC157 #57C18E #5957C1 #C1578A

split-complementary

#BFC157 #578AC1 #8E57C1

monochromatic

#72732A #9EA03B #BFC157 #D0D184 #E1E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BFC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC157

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC157	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.129 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d38a',
    500: '#bfc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc157;
$custom-light: #d5d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78803,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC157

secondary

#A4A4D0

accent

#52D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC157

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

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