#BFC657#BFC657

#BFC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC657
RGB	rgb(191, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -17.44, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 56.49, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0514 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.135 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4012, 52.1535, 16.7953)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC657 #5E57C6

analogous

#C69557 #BFC657 #87C657

triadic

#BFC657 #57BFC6 #C657BF

tetradic

#BFC657 #57C695 #5E57C6 #C65787

square

#BFC657 #57C695 #5E57C6 #C65787

split-complementary

#BFC657 #5787C6 #9557C6

monochromatic

#747929 #A0A739 #BFC657 #D0D685 #E2E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BFC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BFC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC657

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC657	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d78a',
    500: '#bfc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc657;
$custom-light: #d5d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.784,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7989,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC657

secondary

#433F82

accent

#4FD958

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC657

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

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