#BF9D2C#BF9D2C

#BF9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D2C
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 1.32, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 59.77, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0027 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.131 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9994, 35.3743, 7.4195)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D2C #2C4EBF

analogous

#BF532C #BF9D2C #97BF2C

triadic

#BF9D2C #2CBF9D #9D2CBF

tetradic

#BF9D2C #2CBF53 #2C4EBF #BF2C97

square

#BF9D2C #2CBF53 #2C4EBF #BF2C97

split-complementary

#BF9D2C #2C97BF #532CBF

monochromatic

#5C4B15 #8D7421 #BF9D2C #D7B851 #E2CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BF9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D2C

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D2C	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b96e',
    500: '#bf9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d2c;
$custom-light: #d7b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D2C

secondary

#7B8ECC

accent

#68E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D2C

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

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