#BFC199#BFC199

#BFC199 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.054 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC199
RGB	rgb(191, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -7.39, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 21.29, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0185 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.054 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3053, 51.5167, 37.6351)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC199 #9B99C1

analogous

#C1AF99 #BFC199 #ABC199

triadic

#BFC199 #99BFC1 #C199BF

tetradic

#BFC199 #99C1AF #9B99C1 #C199AB

square

#BFC199 #99C1AF #9B99C1 #C199AB

split-complementary

#BFC199 #99ABC1 #AF99C1

monochromatic

#888B55 #A7AA73 #BFC199 #D7D8BF #EFEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BFC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BFC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC199

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC199	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.054 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d3b7',
    500: '#bfc199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc199;
$custom-light: #d2d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 24.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79901,
    "c": 0.05415,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC199

secondary

#6C6995

accent

#43A347

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC199

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

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