#BF9C32#BF9C32

#BF9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C32
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 2.12, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 57.33, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0002 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.127 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9520, 35.0857, 8.0009)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C32 #3255BF

analogous

#BF5532 #BF9C32 #9CBF32

triadic

#BF9C32 #32BF9C #9C32BF

tetradic

#BF9C32 #32BF55 #3255BF #BF329C

square

#BF9C32 #32BF55 #3255BF #BF329C

split-complementary

#BF9C32 #329CBF #5532BF

monochromatic

#5E4D19 #8E7425 #BF9C32 #D4B65A #E1CB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BF9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C32

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C32	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b871',
    500: '#bf9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c32;
$custom-light: #d6b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70614,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C32

secondary

#8294CB

accent

#6DE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C32

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

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