#BFCD99#BFCD99

#BFCD99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.071 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCD99
RGB	rgb(191, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(76, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(76, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -13.56, 24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 27.89, 119.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0359 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.071 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0664, 57.0390, 38.5555)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCD99 #A799CD

analogous

#CDC199 #BFCD99 #A5CD99

triadic

#BFCD99 #99BFCD #CD99BF

tetradic

#BFCD99 #99CDC1 #A799CD #CD99A5

square

#BFCD99 #99CDC1 #A799CD #CD99A5

split-complementary

#BFCD99 #99A5CD #C199CD

monochromatic

#889E4D #A5B970 #BFCD99 #D9E1C2 #F2F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BFCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BFCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCD99

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCD99	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.071 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dcb7',
    500: '#bfcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcd99;
$custom-light: #d2dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.154,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82449,
    "c": 0.07133,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCD99

secondary

#7868A2

accent

#38AD58

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCD99

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

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