#BF9B2C#BF9B2C

#BF9B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.130 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9B2C
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 2.40, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 59.32, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0003 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.13 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6638, 34.7031, 7.3077)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9B2C #2C50BF

analogous

#BF512C #BF9B2C #99BF2C

triadic

#BF9B2C #2CBF9B #9B2CBF

tetradic

#BF9B2C #2CBF51 #2C50BF #BF2C99

square

#BF9B2C #2CBF51 #2C50BF #BF2C99

split-complementary

#BF9B2C #2C99BF #512CBF

monochromatic

#5C4A15 #8D7321 #BF9B2C #D7B651 #E2CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BF9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9B2C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9B2C	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.130 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b86e',
    500: '#bf9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9b2c;
$custom-light: #d7b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9B2C

secondary

#7B8FCC

accent

#6AE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9B2C

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

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