#BFCA51#BFCA51

#BFCA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.145 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCA51
RGB	rgb(191, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -19.88, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 60.87, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0589 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.145 114)
XYZ	xyz(44.0926, 53.9123, 15.8664)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCA51 #5C51CA

analogous

#CA9951 #BFCA51 #82CA51

triadic

#BFCA51 #51BFCA #CA51BF

tetradic

#BFCA51 #51CA99 #5C51CA #CA5182

square

#BFCA51 #51CA99 #5C51CA #CA5182

split-complementary

#BFCA51 #5182CA #9951CA

monochromatic

#737B25 #9FAA34 #BFCA51 #D0D880 #E2E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BFCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BFCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCA51

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCA51	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.145 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da87',
    500: '#bfca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfca51;
$custom-light: #d5da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80702,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.53912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCA51

secondary

#423C83

accent

#4BDD58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCA51

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

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