#BFCA59#BFCA59

#BFCA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCA59
RGB	rgb(191, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -19.27, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 57.41, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0563 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.138 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4105, 54.0394, 17.5404)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCA59 #6459CA

analogous

#CA9D59 #BFCA59 #86CA59

triadic

#BFCA59 #59BFCA #CA59BF

tetradic

#BFCA59 #59CA9D #6459CA #CA5986

square

#BFCA59 #59CA9D #6459CA #CA5986

split-complementary

#BFCA59 #5986CA #9D59CA

monochromatic

#778029 #A3AE38 #BFCA59 #D1D987 #E3E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BFCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BFCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCA59

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCA59	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da8c',
    500: '#bfca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfca59;
$custom-light: #d5da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.841,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80785,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCA59

secondary

#474088

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCA59

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

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