#BFC959#BFC959

#BFC959 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC959
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -18.78, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 56.96, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0549 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.137 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1766, 53.5717, 17.4625)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC959 #6359C9

analogous

#C99B59 #BFC959 #87C959

triadic

#BFC959 #59BFC9 #C959BF

tetradic

#BFC959 #59C99B #6359C9 #C95987

square

#BFC959 #59C99B #6359C9 #C95987

split-complementary

#BFC959 #5987C9 #9B59C9

monochromatic

#777E29 #A2AD38 #BFC959 #D1D887 #E3E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BFC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BFC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC959

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC959	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d98c',
    500: '#bfc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc959;
$custom-light: #d5d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC959

secondary

#464086

accent

#4DDA5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC959

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

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