#BFCD38#BFCD38

#BFCD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.165 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCD38
RGB	rgb(191, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -22.84, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 71.63, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0696 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.165 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0322, 55.0253, 12.0420)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCD38 #4638CD

analogous

#CD9038 #BFCD38 #74CD38

triadic

#BFCD38 #38BFCD #CD38BF

tetradic

#BFCD38 #38CD90 #4638CD #CD3874

square

#BFCD38 #38CD90 #4638CD #CD3874

split-complementary

#BFCD38 #3874CD #9038CD

monochromatic

#676F1C #94A028 #BFCD38 #CFD969 #DEE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BFCD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BFCD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCD38

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCD38	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.165 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dc79',
    500: '#bfcd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcd38;
$custom-light: #d6dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.638,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81162,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCD38

secondary

#383178

accent

#45E354

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCD38

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

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