#BFDD59#BFDD59

#BFDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.161 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFDD59
RGB	rgb(191, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -28.47, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 66.34, 115.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0822 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.161 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1461, 63.5106, 19.1189)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFDD59 #7759DD

analogous

#DDB959 #BFDD59 #7DDD59

triadic

#BFDD59 #59BFDD #DD59BF

tetradic

#BFDD59 #59DDB9 #7759DD #DD597D

square

#BFDD59 #59DDB9 #7759DD #DD597D

split-complementary

#BFDD59 #597DDD #B959DD

monochromatic

#809C20 #A9CF2A #BFDD59 #D3E78C #E6F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BFDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#BFDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFDD59

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFDD59	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.161 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5e78d',
    500: '#bfdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfdd59;
$custom-light: #d5e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84977,
    "c": 0.16073,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFDD59

secondary

#523BA0

accent

#18CE41

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFDD59

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

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