#BFCD57#BFCD57

#BFCD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BFCD57
RGBrgb(191, 205, 87)
HSLhsl(67, 54%, 57%)
HSVhsv(67, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(6.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(79.29, -20.91, 55.88)
CIE-LCHlch(79.29, 59.66, 110.52°)
OKLaboklab(81.42% -0.0612 0.1293)
OKLCHoklch(81.42% 0.143 115.3)
XYZxyz(45.0384, 55.4278, 17.3410)
Luminance0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BFCD57 #6557CD
analogous
#CDA057 #BFCD57 #84CD57
triadic
#BFCD57 #57BFCD #CD57BF
tetradic
#BFCD57 #57CDA0 #6557CD #CD5784
square
#BFCD57 #57CDA0 #6557CD #CD5784
split-complementary
#BFCD57 #5784CD #A057CD
monochromatic
#788327 #A3B235 #BFCD57 #D1DB86 #E3E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#BFCD57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09
#BFCD57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCD57
12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BFCD57#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BFCD571.001.7412.0912.09
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0921.001.001.00
##00000012.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC44A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C55E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAC2B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bfcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 115.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc8b',
    500: '#bfcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bfcd57;
$custom-light: #d5dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bfcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81421,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BFCD57
secondary
#473E8A
accent
#4ADD5C
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF4
border
#D4D4CE
text
#15150C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCD57

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#BFCD57 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva