#BFC42B#BFC42B

#BFC42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.163 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC42B
RGB	rgb(191, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -18.96, 69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 72.17, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0599 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.163 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6633, 50.7317, 9.8825)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC42B #302BC4

analogous

#C47D2B #BFC42B #73C42B

triadic

#BFC42B #2BBFC4 #C42BBF

tetradic

#BFC42B #2BC47D #302BC4 #C42B73

square

#BFC42B #2BC47D #302BC4 #C42B73

split-complementary

#BFC42B #2B73C4 #7D2BC4

monochromatic

#5D6015 #8E9220 #BFC42B #D5D953 #E1E485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC42B

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC42B	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.163 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d572',
    500: '#bfc42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc42b;
$custom-light: #d6d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.961,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79106,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC42B

secondary

#2B296B

accent

#41E746

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC42B

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

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