#BFC579#BFC579

#BFC579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.099 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BFC579
RGBrgb(191, 197, 121)
HSLhsl(65, 40%, 62%)
HSVhsv(65, 39%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 38.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.51, -13.66, 37.42)
CIE-LCHlch(77.51, 39.83, 110.05°)
OKLaboklab(80.14% -0.0375 0.0914)
OKLCHoklch(80.14% 0.099 112.3)
XYZxyz(44.9037, 52.3900, 25.8322)
Luminance0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BFC579 #7F79C5
analogous
#C5A579 #BFC579 #99C579
triadic
#BFC579 #79BFC5 #C579BF
tetradic
#BFC579 #79C5A5 #7F79C5 #C57999
square
#BFC579 #79C5A5 #7F79C5 #C57999
split-complementary
#BFC579 #7999C5 #A579C5
monochromatic
#82893B #ABB34E #BFC579 #D3D7A4 #E8EACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#BFC579 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48
#BFC579 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC579
11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BFC579#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BFC5791.001.8311.4811.48
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4821.001.001.00
##00000011.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BE73
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0C17C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8BDB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bfc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.099 112.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d6a1',
    500: '#bfc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bfc579;
$custom-light: #d3d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bfc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80136,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BFC579
secondary
#575290
accent
#33B33D
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF5
border
#D4D4CF
text
#14140F
muted
#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC579

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

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#BFC579 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva