#BFCD59#BFCD59

#BFCD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.141 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BFCD59
RGBrgb(191, 205, 89)
HSLhsl(67, 54%, 58%)
HSVhsv(67, 57%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(6.8%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(79.31, -20.75, 55.01)
CIE-LCHlch(79.31, 58.79, 110.67°)
OKLaboklab(81.44% -0.0605 0.1277)
OKLCHoklch(81.44% 0.141 115.4)
XYZxyz(45.1212, 55.4609, 17.7773)
Luminance0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BFCD59 #6759CD
analogous
#CDA159 #BFCD59 #85CD59
triadic
#BFCD59 #59BFCD #CD59BF
tetradic
#BFCD59 #59CDA1 #6759CD #CD5985
square
#BFCD59 #59CDA1 #6759CD #CD5985
split-complementary
#BFCD59 #5985CD #A159CD
monochromatic
#798428 #A4B336 #BFCD59 #D1DB88 #E3E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#BFCD59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09
#BFCD59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCD59
12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BFCD59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BFCD591.001.7412.0912.09
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0921.001.001.00
##00000012.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC44D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C560
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAC2B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bfcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.141 115.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc8c',
    500: '#bfcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bfcd59;
$custom-light: #d5dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bfcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.241,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81442,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BFCD59
secondary
#483F8B
accent
#4BDD5C
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF4
border
#D4D4CE
text
#15150C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCD59

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#BFCD59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva