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#bfc91f

a balanced, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Yellow Green

Token name suggestion: Atlas Straw

RGB
191, 201, 31
HSL
64°, 73%, 46%
CMYK
5, 0, 85, 21
Luminance
0.5295

#bfc91f is a balanced vivid yellow, 64° on the wheel and 28/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.59:1). As text it scores 1.81:1 on white — use #747A13 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(64 73% 46%)rgb(191 201 31)Base step 600AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bfc91f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bfc91f
Hue
64°
yellow
Saturation
73%
vivid
Lightness
46%
balanced
Brightness
79%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5295
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
28/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.59:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 8.5
Chroma
77.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.802
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.1
Web-safe
#CCCC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue64° of 360°
Saturation73%
Lightness46%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bfc91f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool28% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green79%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bfc91f
HEX (8-digit)#bfc91fff
RGBrgb(191, 201, 31)
RGBArgba(191, 201, 31, 1)
HSLhsl(64, 73%, 46%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64, 85%, 79%)
HWBhwb(64 12% 21%)
CMYKcmyk(5%, 0%, 85%, 21%)
LABlab(77.8 -21.8 73.8)
LCHlch(77.8 77.0 106.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.802 0.173 113.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.62, 52.95, 9.27)
Decimal12568863
Display P3color(display-p3 0.749 0.788 0.122)
Web-safe#CCCC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bfc91f;
background-color: #bfc91f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bfc91f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bfc91f] bg-[#bfc91f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bfc91f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.749, green: 0.788, blue: 0.122)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.788, blue: 0.122, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BFC91F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBFC91F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBFC91F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(31, 201, 191)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(191, 201, 31)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(191, 201, 31)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 201, 31)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7490f, 0.7882f, 0.1216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{191,201,31}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bfc91f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bfc91f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#696E11, #EDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bfc91f h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBFCF3;
  --brand-100: #F7F8E7;
  --brand-200: #F1F3C8;
  --brand-300: #EBF09E;
  --brand-400: #E1E96D;
  --brand-500: #D7E13D;
  --brand-600: #bfc91f;
  --brand-700: #A8B11B;
  --brand-800: #868D16;
  --brand-900: #626614;
  --brand-950: #3D400C;
  --brand: #bfc91f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #EAEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #A2AA1A;
  --brand-pressed: #848B15;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #EDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBFCF3',
        100: '#F7F8E7',
        200: '#F1F3C8',
        300: '#EBF09E',
        400: '#E1E96D',
        500: '#D7E13D',
        600: '#bfc91f',
        700: '#A8B11B',
        800: '#868D16',
        900: '#626614',
        950: '#3D400C',
        DEFAULT: '#bfc91f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBFCF3,
  '100': #F7F8E7,
  '200': #F1F3C8,
  '300': #EBF09E,
  '400': #E1E96D,
  '500': #D7E13D,
  '600': #bfc91f,
  '700': #A8B11B,
  '800': #868D16,
  '900': #626614,
  '950': #3D400C,
);
$brand-base: #bfc91f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBFCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F1F3C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EBF09E", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E1E96D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D7E13D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#bfc91f", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A8B11B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#868D16", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#626614", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3D400C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bfc91f · 11.59:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.81:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.59:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bfc91f as text scores 1.81:1 on white and 11.59:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #696E11 at 3.02:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#747A13 · 4.63:1
AA on white−18% L
#747A13
The quick fox
#565B0E · 7.25:1
AAA on white−25% L
#565B0E
The quick fox
#bfc91f · 11.59:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bfc91f
The quick fox
#bfc91f · 11.59:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bfc91f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #919817 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bfc91f on white: 1.81:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bfc91f on black: 11.59:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bfc91f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bfc91f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.81:1AaAa
Slate 501.73:1AaAa
Slate 1001.65:1AaAa
Slate 2001.47:1AaAa
Slate 3001.22:1AaAa
Slate 4001.42:1AaAa
Slate 5002.63:1AaAa
Slate 6004.18:1AaAa
Slate 7005.71:1AaAa
Slate 8008.07:1AaAa
Slate 9009.85:1AaAa
Black11.59:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D9BF00
deuteranopia · #D9C232
tritanopia · #CCBCAC

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bfc91f is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBFCF3
#F7F8E7
#F1F3C8
#EBF09E
#E1E96D
#D7E13D
#bfc91f
#A8B11B
#868D16
#626614
#3D400C
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBFCF3Darkest = 950 · #3D400CText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.043 113.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.069 113.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.104 113.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.135 113.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.159 113.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.173 113.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.173 113.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.162 113.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.145 113.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.121 113.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.095 113.4);
}

Colors that work with #bfc91f

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#EAEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#969B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1A3DCE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#696E11
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBFCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A2AA1A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#848B15
Two steps down
Disabled#BCBE9A
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DBE715
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bfc91f

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #696E11
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #919817

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight55/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#291FC9
Analogous left#C97E1F
Analogous right#6AC91F
Split-complement 1#1F6AC9
Split-complement 2#7E1FC9
Triadic 1#1FBFC9
Triadic 2#C91FBF
Tetradic#1FC97E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°64°

#bfc91f sits at 64°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.9%
Green78.8%
Blue12.2%
R · 0–255
191
0xbf
G · 0–255
201
0xc9
B · 0–255
31
0x1f

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow84.6%
Key (black)21.2%

Total ink coverage is 111%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bfc91f text on a black background

contrast 11.59:1

Card sample

#bfc91f text on a white background

contrast 1.81:1

Card sample

#bfc91f on grey

1.65:1

#bfc91f on its own surface

1.73:1

#bfc91f on its dark surface

8.69:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bfc91f;
Background color
Panel with #bfc91f background
background-color: #bfc91f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bfc91f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(191, 201, 31, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(191, 201, 31, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bfc91f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfc91f, #4EC91F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfc91f, #23C91F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bfc91f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bfc91f;
caret-color: #bfc91f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bfc91f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBFCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bfc91f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bfc91f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bfc91f over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(191, 201, 31, 0.5)
rgb(191 201 31 / 50%)
#bfc91f80
hsl(64 73% 46% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bfc91f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bfc91f1a#F9FAE9
20%#bfc91f33#F2F4D2
40%#bfc91f66#E5E9A5
60%#bfc91f99#D9DF79
80%#bfc91fcc#CCD44C

Gradients from #bfc91f

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D9E243, #bfc91f 45%, #696E11);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bfc91f, #37AF1B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfc91f, #291FC9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DEE65E 0%, #bfc91f 45%, #696E11 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E1893A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #6ADE29 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #696E11 0%, transparent 65%), #bfc91f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bfc91f

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bfc91f in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 11.59:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bfc91f, answered

What color is #bfc91f?

#bfc91f is a balanced vivid yellow, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 8.5). It sits at 64° on the hue wheel with 73% saturation and 46% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bfc91f?

rgb(191, 201, 31) — 191 red, 201 green and 31 blue out of 255, or 74.9% / 78.8% / 12.2% by channel.

What is #bfc91f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(64, 73%, 46%) and hsv(64, 85%, 79%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bfc91f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5295 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.59:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bfc91f?

Black. It scores 11.59:1 against #bfc91f, versus 1.81:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bfc91f accessible on a white background?

#bfc91f on white scores 1.81:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #747A13 to reach 4.5:1, or #565B0E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bfc91f?

#291FC9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #1F6AC9 and #7E1FC9, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bfc91f?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #EAEDC0 for borders, #969B4B for secondary text, #1A3DCE as an accent and #696E11 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C97E1F and #6AC91F stays calm, while #291FC9 is the loudest partner.

What is #bfc91f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(5%, 0%, 85%, 21%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bfc91f warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 28 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C9951F; nudged cooler, #81CB1D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bfc91f?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bfc91f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bfc91f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bfc91f] or text-[#bfc91f], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bfc91f with 50% opacity?

rgba(191, 201, 31, 0.5), or #bfc91f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFE48F; over black, #606510.

Is #bfc91f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC33, ΔE2000 2.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bfc91f mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #bfc91f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D9E243, #bfc91f 45%, #696E11). For more colour, a short hue run to #37AF1B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bfc91f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bfc91f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.