#BFC997#BFC997

#BFC997 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.068 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC997
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(72, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(72, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -11.81, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 26.67, 116.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.031 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.068 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9580, 55.0843, 37.3780)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC997 #A197C9

analogous

#C9BA97 #BFC997 #A6C997

triadic

#BFC997 #97BFC9 #C997BF

tetradic

#BFC997 #97C9BA #A197C9 #C997A6

square

#BFC997 #97C9BA #A197C9 #C997A6

split-complementary

#BFC997 #97A6C9 #BA97C9

monochromatic

#89974E #A6B46F #BFC997 #D8DEBF #F1F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BFC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BFC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC997

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC997	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.068 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9b6',
    500: '#bfc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc997;
$custom-light: #d2d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81553,
    "c": 0.06796,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC997

secondary

#72669E

accent

#3BAA51

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC997

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

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