#BF9C33#BF9C33

#BF9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C33
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 2.16, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 56.94, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0004 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.126 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9738, 35.0944, 8.1158)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C33 #3356BF

analogous

#BF5633 #BF9C33 #9CBF33

triadic

#BF9C33 #33BF9C #9C33BF

tetradic

#BF9C33 #33BF56 #3356BF #BF339C

square

#BF9C33 #33BF56 #3356BF #BF339C

split-complementary

#BF9C33 #339CBF #5633BF

monochromatic

#5E4D19 #8F7526 #BF9C33 #D3B65C #E0CB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BF9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C33

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b872',
    500: '#bf9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c33;
$custom-light: #d6b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C33

secondary

#8395CB

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C33

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

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