#BFCF59#BFCF59

#BFCF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.144 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCF59
RGB	rgb(191, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -21.74, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 59.72, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0633 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.144 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6027, 56.4238, 17.9378)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCF59 #6959CF

analogous

#CFA459 #BFCF59 #84CF59

triadic

#BFCF59 #59BFCF #CF59BF

tetradic

#BFCF59 #59CFA4 #6959CF #CF5984

square

#BFCF59 #59CFA4 #6959CF #CF5984

split-complementary

#BFCF59 #5984CF #A459CF

monochromatic

#7A8727 #A5B635 #BFCF59 #D1DD88 #E4EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BFCF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BFCF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCF59

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCF59	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.144 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dd8c',
    500: '#bfcf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcf59;
$custom-light: #d5dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81882,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCF59

secondary

#493F8E

accent

#49DE5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCF59

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

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