#BFD938#BFD938

#BFD938 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.179 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFD938
RGB	rgb(191, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -28.59, 71.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 76.57, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0855 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.179 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0136, 60.9880, 13.0358)
Luminance	0.6099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFD938 #5238D9

analogous

#D9A238 #BFD938 #6FD938

triadic

#BFD938 #38BFD9 #D938BF

tetradic

#BFD938 #38D9A2 #5238D9 #D9386F

square

#BFD938 #38D9A2 #5238D9 #D9386F

split-complementary

#BFD938 #386FD9 #A238D9

monochromatic

#6E7E18 #9BB222 #BFD938 #D0E36B #E0ED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BFD938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#BFD938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFD938

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFD938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFD938	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CACDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfd938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.179 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6e47a',
    500: '#bfd938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfd938;
$custom-light: #d6e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfd938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.689,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83827,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFD938

secondary

#3D3086

accent

#3DEB59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFD938

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

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