#BFC799#BFC799

#BFC799 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.063 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC799
RGB	rgb(191, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(70, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 23.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -10.50, 22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 24.53, 115.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0272 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.063 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6586, 54.2234, 38.0863)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC799 #A199C7

analogous

#C7B899 #BFC799 #A8C799

triadic

#BFC799 #99BFC7 #C799BF

tetradic

#BFC799 #99C7B8 #A199C7 #C799A8

square

#BFC799 #99C7B8 #A199C7 #C799A8

split-complementary

#BFC799 #99A8C7 #B899C7

monochromatic

#899451 #A6B171 #BFC799 #D8DDC1 #F1F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BFC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BFC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC799

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC799	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.063 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d8b7',
    500: '#bfc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc799;
$custom-light: #d2d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.435,
    "s": 29.114,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8117,
    "c": 0.06255,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC799

secondary

#72699C

accent

#3EA850

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC799

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

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