#BF9C2E#BF9C2E

#BF9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.129 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C2E
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 1.94, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 58.82, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0008 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.129 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8694, 35.0527, 7.5662)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C2E #2E51BF

analogous

#BF542E #BF9C2E #9ABF2E

triadic

#BF9C2E #2EBF9C #9C2EBF

tetradic

#BF9C2E #2EBF54 #2E51BF #BF2E9A

square

#BF9C2E #2EBF54 #2E51BF #BF2E9A

split-complementary

#BF9C2E #2E9ABF #542EBF

monochromatic

#5C4B16 #8E7422 #BF9C2E #D6B754 #E2CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BF9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C2E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C2E	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)

#AE9A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b86f',
    500: '#bf9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c2e;
$custom-light: #d7b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C2E

secondary

#7E90CB

accent

#6AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C2E

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

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