#BF9C2C#BF9C2C

#BF9C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C2C
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 1.86, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 59.54, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0012 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.13 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8309, 35.0373, 7.3634)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C2C #2C4FBF

analogous

#BF522C #BF9C2C #98BF2C

triadic

#BF9C2C #2CBF9C #9C2CBF

tetradic

#BF9C2C #2CBF52 #2C4FBF #BF2C98

square

#BF9C2C #2CBF52 #2C4FBF #BF2C98

split-complementary

#BF9C2C #2C98BF #522CBF

monochromatic

#5C4B15 #8D7321 #BF9C2C #D7B751 #E2CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BF9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C2C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C2C	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b86e',
    500: '#bf9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c2c;
$custom-light: #d7b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C2C

secondary

#7B8ECC

accent

#69E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C2C

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

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