#BFD738#BFD738

#BFD738 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.176 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFD738
RGB	rgb(191, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -27.65, 70.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 75.74, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0829 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.176 118)
XYZ	xyz(46.5012, 59.9632, 12.8650)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFD738 #5038D7

analogous

#D7A038 #BFD738 #6FD738

triadic

#BFD738 #38BFD7 #D738BF

tetradic

#BFD738 #38D7A0 #5038D7 #D7386F

square

#BFD738 #38D7A0 #5038D7 #D7386F

split-complementary

#BFD738 #386FD7 #A038D7

monochromatic

#6D7C19 #9AAF23 #BFD738 #CFE16B #E0EB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BFD738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#BFD738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFD738

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFD738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFD738	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBCBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfd738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.176 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6e37a',
    500: '#bfd738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfd738;
$custom-light: #d6e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfd738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.057,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83381,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.59963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFD738

secondary

#3C3083

accent

#3EE958

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFD738

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

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