#BFCA42#BFCA42

#BFCA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.156 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCA42
RGB	rgb(191, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -20.85, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 66.86, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0631 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.156 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5909, 53.7116, 13.2243)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCA42 #4D42CA

analogous

#CA9142 #BFCA42 #7BCA42

triadic

#BFCA42 #42BFCA #CA42BF

tetradic

#BFCA42 #42CA91 #4D42CA #CA427B

square

#BFCA42 #42CA91 #4D42CA #CA427B

split-complementary

#BFCA42 #427BCA #9142CA

monochromatic

#6B7220 #98A22D #BFCA42 #CFD772 #DFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BFCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BFCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCA42

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCA42	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.156 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da7e',
    500: '#bfca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfca42;
$custom-light: #d5da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8057,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCA42

secondary

#3B357B

accent

#48DF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCA42

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

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