#BFC229#BFC229
#BFC229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BFC229 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(191, 194, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 65%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 79%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 78.9%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.96, -18.04, 69.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.96, 72.00, 104.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.66% -0.0575 0.1514) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.66% 0.162 110.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.1794, 49.8212, 9.5446) |
| Luminance | 0.4982 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 2.32
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.54
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.55
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 2.77
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 3.59
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BFC229 #2C29C2
analogous
#C27829 #BFC229 #73C229
triadic
#BFC229 #29BFC2 #C229BF
tetradic
#BFC229 #29C278 #2C29C2 #C22973
square
#BFC229 #29C278 #2C29C2 #C22973
split-complementary
#BFC229 #2973C2 #7829C2
monochromatic
#5C5D14 #8D8F1E #BFC229 #D7DA4E #E2E481
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.92
#BFC229 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.96
#BFC229 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BFC229
10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BFC229 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BFC229 | 1.00 | 1.92 | 10.96 | 10.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.92 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2B900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BD37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CDB5A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bfc229; /* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 194, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.162 110.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d6d471',
500: '#bfc229',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bfc229; $custom-light: #d6d471; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bfc229",
"rgb": {
"r": 191,
"g": 194,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.176,
"s": 65.106,
"l": 46.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78658,
"c": 0.16191,
"h": 110.8
},
"luminance": 0.4982
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BFC229
secondary
#7B7ACD
accent
#40E843
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151409
muted
#83827B