#BFC596#BFC596

#BFC596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.064 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC596
RGB	rgb(191, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -9.90, 22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 25.00, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0256 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.064 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9568, 53.2112, 36.6453)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC596 #9C96C5

analogous

#C5B396 #BFC596 #A7C596

triadic

#BFC596 #96BFC5 #C596BF

tetradic

#BFC596 #96C5B3 #9C96C5 #C596A7

square

#BFC596 #96C5B3 #9C96C5 #C596A7

split-complementary

#BFC596 #96A7C5 #B396C5

monochromatic

#889150 #A7AF6F #BFC596 #D7DBBD #EFF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BFC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BFC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC596

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC596	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.064 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6b5',
    500: '#bfc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc596;
$custom-light: #d2d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80681,
    "c": 0.06354,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC596

secondary

#6C6699

accent

#3EA74B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC596

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

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