#BFC159#BFC159

#BFC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.127 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC159
RGB	rgb(191, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -14.76, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 53.37, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0436 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.127 110)
XYZ	xyz(42.3600, 49.9386, 16.8569)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC159 #5B59C1

analogous

#C18F59 #BFC159 #8BC159

triadic

#BFC159 #59BFC1 #C159BF

tetradic

#BFC159 #59C18F #5B59C1 #C1598B

square

#BFC159 #59C18F #5B59C1 #C1598B

split-complementary

#BFC159 #598BC1 #8F59C1

monochromatic

#73742B #9FA13C #BFC159 #D0D286 #E1E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BFC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC159

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC159	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.127 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d38b',
    500: '#bfc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc159;
$custom-light: #d4d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC159

secondary

#A6A5D1

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC159

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

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