#BFC99D#BFC99D

#BFC99D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.060 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC99D
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(74, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(74, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -10.93, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 23.58, 117.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0285 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.06 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4577, 55.2841, 40.0098)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC99D #A79DC9

analogous

#C9BD9D #BFC99D #A9C99D

triadic

#BFC99D #9DBFC9 #C99DBF

tetradic

#BFC99D #9DC9BD #A79DC9 #C99DA9

square

#BFC99D #9DC9BD #A79DC9 #C99DA9

split-complementary

#BFC99D #9DA9C9 #BD9DC9

monochromatic

#889854 #A5B376 #BFC99D #D9DFC4 #F2F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BFC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#BFC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC99D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC99D	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.060 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9ba',
    500: '#bfc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc99d;
$custom-light: #d2d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81682,
    "c": 0.06036,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC99D

secondary

#786C9E

accent

#3EA856

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC99D

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

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