#BFCB3B#BFCB3B

#BFCB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.162 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCB3B
RGB	rgb(191, 203, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -21.72, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 69.80, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0662 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6324, 54.1048, 12.2816)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCB3B #473BCB

analogous

#CB8F3B #BFCB3B #77CB3B

triadic

#BFCB3B #3BBFCB #CB3BBF

tetradic

#BFCB3B #3BCB8F #473BCB #CB3B77

square

#BFCB3B #3BCB8F #473BCB #CB3B77

split-complementary

#BFCB3B #3B77CB #8F3BCB

monochromatic

#686E1D #959F2A #BFCB3B #CFD86B #DFE59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BFCB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#BFCB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCB3B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCB3B	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 203, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6da7a',
    500: '#bfcb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcb3b;
$custom-light: #d6da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8074,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCB3B

secondary

#383378

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCB3B

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

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