#BFC955#BFC955

#BFC955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.140 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC955
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -19.09, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 58.71, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0562 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.14 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0132, 53.5063, 16.6018)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC955 #5F55C9

analogous

#C99955 #BFC955 #85C955

triadic

#BFC955 #55BFC9 #C955BF

tetradic

#BFC955 #55C999 #5F55C9 #C95585

square

#BFC955 #55C999 #5F55C9 #C95585

split-complementary

#BFC955 #5585C9 #9955C9

monochromatic

#757C27 #A1AB36 #BFC955 #D0D883 #E2E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BFC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BFC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC955

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC955	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.140 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d989',
    500: '#bfc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc955;
$custom-light: #d5d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80524,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC955

secondary

#443E84

accent

#4DDB59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC955

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

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