#BFCB42#BFCB42

#BFCB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.157 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BFCB42
RGBrgb(191, 203, 66)
HSLhsl(65, 57%, 53%)
HSVhsv(65, 67%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(5.9%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(78.57, -21.34, 63.81)
CIE-LCHlch(78.57, 67.28, 108.49°)
OKLaboklab(80.79% -0.0645 0.1432)
OKLCHoklch(80.79% 0.157 114.2)
XYZxyz(43.8263, 54.1824, 13.3027)
Luminance0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BFCB42 #4E42CB
analogous
#CB9242 #BFCB42 #7BCB42
triadic
#BFCB42 #42BFCB #CB42BF
tetradic
#BFCB42 #42CB92 #4E42CB #CB427B
square
#BFCB42 #42CB92 #4E42CB #CB427B
split-complementary
#BFCB42 #427BCB #9242CB
monochromatic
#6C7320 #99A32D #BFCB42 #CFD872 #E0E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#BFCB42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84
#BFCB42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCB42
11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BFCB42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BFCB421.001.7711.8411.84
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8421.001.001.00
##00000011.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C12D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C44C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CBBFB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bfcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.157 114.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da7e',
    500: '#bfcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bfcb42;
$custom-light: #d5da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bfcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80791,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BFCB42
secondary
#3C357C
accent
#48E055
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCB42

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

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#BFCB42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva