#BF9C31#BF9C31

#BF9C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C31
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 2.07, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 57.71, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(33.9307, 35.0772, 7.8886)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C31 #3154BF

analogous

#BF5531 #BF9C31 #9BBF31

triadic

#BF9C31 #31BF9C #9C31BF

tetradic

#BF9C31 #31BF55 #3154BF #BF319B

square

#BF9C31 #31BF55 #3154BF #BF319B

split-complementary

#BF9C31 #319BBF #5531BF

monochromatic

#5E4C18 #8E7425 #BF9C31 #D4B659 #E1CB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BF9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C31

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C31	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)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b870',
    500: '#bf9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c31;
$custom-light: #d6b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.35075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C31

secondary

#8193CB

accent

#6CE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C31

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

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