#BFC59E#BFC59E

#BFC59E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.053 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC59E
RGB	rgb(191, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(69, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 19.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -8.72, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 20.83, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0222 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.053 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6231, 53.4778, 40.1545)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC59E #A49EC5

analogous

#C5B89E #BFC59E #ACC59E

triadic

#BFC59E #9EBFC5 #C59EBF

tetradic

#BFC59E #9EC5B8 #A49EC5 #C59EAC

square

#BFC59E #9EC5B8 #A49EC5 #C59EAC

split-complementary

#BFC59E #9EACC5 #B89EC5

monochromatic

#899257 #A6AE78 #BFC59E #D8DCC4 #F2F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BFC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BFC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC59E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC59E	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.053 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6ba',
    500: '#bfc59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc59e;
$custom-light: #d2d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80857,
    "c": 0.05322,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC59E

secondary

#756E99

accent

#42A451

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC59E

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

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