#BF9B2E#BF9B2E

#BF9B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9B2E
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 2.48, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 58.60, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0008 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.128 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7023, 34.7185, 7.5105)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9B2E #2E52BF

analogous

#BF522E #BF9B2E #9BBF2E

triadic

#BF9B2E #2EBF9B #9B2EBF

tetradic

#BF9B2E #2EBF52 #2E52BF #BF2E9B

square

#BF9B2E #2EBF52 #2E52BF #BF2E9B

split-complementary

#BF9B2E #2E9BBF #522EBF

monochromatic

#5C4B16 #8E7322 #BF9B2E #D6B654 #E2CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF9B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BF9B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9B2E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9B2E	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)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b86f',
    500: '#bf9b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9b2e;
$custom-light: #d7b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7038,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9B2E

secondary

#7E91CB

accent

#6BE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9B2E

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

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