#BFC956#BFC956
#BFC956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BFC956 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(191, 201, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 52%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 57%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.18, -19.01, 55.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.18, 58.28, 109.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.53% -0.0559 0.1275) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.53% 0.139 113.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.0532, 53.5223, 16.8125) |
| Luminance | 0.5352 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 4.54
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.51
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.53
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 5.63
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 5.83
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BFC956 #6056C9
analogous
#C99A56 #BFC956 #86C956
triadic
#BFC956 #56BFC9 #C956BF
tetradic
#BFC956 #56C99A #6056C9 #C95686
square
#BFC956 #56C99A #6056C9 #C95686
split-complementary
#BFC956 #5686C9 #9A56C9
monochromatic
#757D28 #A1AB37 #BFC956 #D1D884 #E2E7B3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#BFC956 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.70
#BFC956 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BFC956
11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BFC956 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BFC956 | 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)
#D6C04A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CABEB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bfc956; /* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 113.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d5d98a',
500: '#bfc956',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bfc956; $custom-light: #d5d98a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bfc956",
"rgb": {
"r": 191,
"g": 201,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.217,
"s": 51.57,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80534,
"c": 0.13923,
"h": 113.7
},
"luminance": 0.53522
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BFC956
secondary
#443E85
accent
#4DDB59
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF4
border
#D4D4CE
text
#15140C
muted
#84837F