#BFC438#BFC438

#BFC438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.156 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC438
RGB	rgb(191, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -18.41, 65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 68.05, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0572 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.156 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9410, 50.8428, 11.3449)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC438 #3D38C4

analogous

#C48338 #BFC438 #79C438

triadic

#BFC438 #38BFC4 #C438BF

tetradic

#BFC438 #38C483 #3D38C4 #C43879

square

#BFC438 #38C483 #3D38C4 #C43879

split-complementary

#BFC438 #3879C4 #8338C4

monochromatic

#62651D #91942A #BFC438 #CFD366 #DEE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BFC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC438

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC438	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.156 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d578',
    500: '#bfc438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc438;
$custom-light: #d6d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79181,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC438

secondary

#33316F

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC438

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

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