#BFCD42#BFCD42

#BFCD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.159 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCD42
RGB	rgb(191, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -22.32, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 68.12, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0672 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.159 115)
XYZ	xyz(44.3017, 55.1331, 13.4612)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCD42 #5042CD

analogous

#CD9542 #BFCD42 #79CD42

triadic

#BFCD42 #42BFCD #CD42BF

tetradic

#BFCD42 #42CD95 #5042CD #CD4279

square

#BFCD42 #42CD95 #5042CD #CD4279

split-complementary

#BFCD42 #4279CD #9542CD

monochromatic

#6D761F #9AA62C #BFCD42 #CFDA72 #E0E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BFCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BFCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCD42

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCD42	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.159 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dc7e',
    500: '#bfcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcd42;
$custom-light: #d6dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.043,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.15923,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.55132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCD42

secondary

#3C357E

accent

#46E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCD42

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

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