#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
RGBrgb(191, 215, 56)
HSLhsl(69, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(69, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(11.2%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(81.82, -27.65, 70.51)
CIE-LCHlch(81.82, 75.74, 111.41°)
OKLaboklab(83.38% -0.0829 0.1557)
OKLCHoklch(83.38% 0.176 118)
XYZxyz(46.5012, 59.9632, 12.8650)
Luminance0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BFD7381.001.6212.9912.99
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9921.001.001.00
##00000012.9921.001.001.00

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

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#BFD738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva