#BFD997#BFD997

#BFD997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.092 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFD997
RGB	rgb(191, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(84, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(84, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -19.85, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 35.76, 123.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0536 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.092 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8840, 62.9361, 38.6866)
Luminance	0.6294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFD997 #B197D9

analogous

#D9D297 #BFD997 #9ED997

triadic

#BFD997 #97BFD9 #D997BF

tetradic

#BFD997 #97D9D2 #B197D9 #D9979E

square

#BFD997 #97D9D2 #B197D9 #D9979E

split-complementary

#BFD997 #979ED9 #D297D9

monochromatic

#87B442 #A3C96A #BFD997 #DBE9C4 #F1F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BFD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#BFD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFD997

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFD997	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.092 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e4b6',
    500: '#bfd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfd997;
$custom-light: #d3e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.636,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84994,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFD997

secondary

#8264B0

accent

#2CBA64

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFD997

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

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