#BFC940#BFC940

#BFC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.156 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC940
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -20.47, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 67.19, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0622 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.156 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2991, 53.2207, 12.8412)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC940 #4A40C9

analogous

#C98F40 #BFC940 #7AC940

triadic

#BFC940 #40BFC9 #C940BF

tetradic

#BFC940 #40C98F #4A40C9 #C9407A

square

#BFC940 #40C98F #4A40C9 #C9407A

split-complementary

#BFC940 #407AC9 #8F40C9

monochromatic

#696F1F #979F2D #BFC940 #CFD670 #DFE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BFC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BFC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC940

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC940	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)

#D8BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.156 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d97d',
    500: '#bfc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc940;
$custom-light: #d6d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.38,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80335,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC940

secondary

#3A3578

accent

#49DF54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC940

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

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