#BFCB56#BFCB56

#BFCB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.142 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCB56
RGB	rgb(191, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -20.00, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 59.18, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0587 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.142 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5224, 54.4608, 16.9689)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCB56 #6256CB

analogous

#CB9D56 #BFCB56 #85CB56

triadic

#BFCB56 #56BFCB #CB56BF

tetradic

#BFCB56 #56CB9D #6256CB #CB5685

square

#BFCB56 #56CB9D #6256CB #CB5685

split-complementary

#BFCB56 #5685CB #9D56CB

monochromatic

#767F27 #A2AE36 #BFCB56 #D1D985 #E2E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BFCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BFCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCB56

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCB56	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.142 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da8a',
    500: '#bfcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcb56;
$custom-light: #d5da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80972,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCB56

secondary

#463E87

accent

#4BDC5A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCB56

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

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