#BFC231#BFC231

#BFC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.158 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC231
RGB	rgb(191, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -17.73, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 69.62, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.056 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.158 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3335, 49.8828, 10.3562)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC231 #3431C2

analogous

#C27C31 #BFC231 #77C231

triadic

#BFC231 #31BFC2 #C231BF

tetradic

#BFC231 #31C27C #3431C2 #C23177

square

#BFC231 #31C27C #3431C2 #C23177

split-complementary

#BFC231 #3177C2 #7C31C2

monochromatic

#5F6018 #8F9125 #BFC231 #D3D65B #E0E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BFC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC231

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC231	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)

#D1B90E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.158 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d475',
    500: '#bfc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc231;
$custom-light: #d6d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.787,
    "c": 0.15796,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC231

secondary

#8483CC

accent

#45E348

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC231

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

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