#BF9C2F#BF9C2F

#BF9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.128 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C2F
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 1.98, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 58.46, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0005 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.128 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8894, 35.0607, 7.6712)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C2F #2F52BF

analogous

#BF542F #BF9C2F #9ABF2F

triadic

#BF9C2F #2FBF9C #9C2FBF

tetradic

#BF9C2F #2FBF54 #2F52BF #BF2F9A

square

#BF9C2F #2FBF54 #2F52BF #BF2F9A

split-complementary

#BF9C2F #2F9ABF #542FBF

monochromatic

#5D4C17 #8E7423 #BF9C2F #D5B656 #E1CB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BF9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C2F

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C2F	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)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.128 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b86f',
    500: '#bf9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c2f;
$custom-light: #d7b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70593,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C2F

secondary

#7F91CB

accent

#6BE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C2F

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

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