#BFCF42#BFCF42

#BFCF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.161 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCF42
RGB	rgb(191, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -23.29, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 68.97, 109.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0699 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.161 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7832, 56.0960, 13.6217)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCF42 #5242CF

analogous

#CF9942 #BFCF42 #78CF42

triadic

#BFCF42 #42BFCF #CF42BF

tetradic

#BFCF42 #42CF99 #5242CF #CF4278

square

#BFCF42 #42CF99 #5242CF #CF4278

split-complementary

#BFCF42 #4278CF #9942CF

monochromatic

#6E781F #9BA92B #BFCF42 #D0DB73 #E0E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BFCF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BFCF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCF42

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCF42	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.161 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6dd7e',
    500: '#bfcf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcf42;
$custom-light: #d6dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.809,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81673,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCF42

secondary

#3D3580

accent

#45E357

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCF42

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

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