#BFD259#BFD259

#BFD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.147 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFD259
RGB	rgb(191, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -23.20, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 61.12, 112.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0674 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.147 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3364, 57.8913, 18.1824)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFD259 #6C59D2

analogous

#D2A859 #BFD259 #82D259

triadic

#BFD259 #59BFD2 #D259BF

tetradic

#BFD259 #59D2A8 #6C59D2 #D25982

square

#BFD259 #59D2A8 #6C59D2 #D25982

split-complementary

#BFD259 #5982D2 #A859D2

monochromatic

#7B8B26 #A6BB33 #BFD259 #D2DF89 #E4ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BFD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#BFD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFD259

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFD259	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.147 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5df8c',
    500: '#bfd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfd259;
$custom-light: #d5df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.421,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82542,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFD259

secondary

#4B3E91

accent

#47E15F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFD259

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

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