#BF9D2E#BF9D2E

#BF9D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.130 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D2E
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 1.40, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 59.06, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0023 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.13 91)
XYZ	xyz(34.0379, 35.3897, 7.6223)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D2E #2E50BF

analogous

#BF552E #BF9D2E #99BF2E

triadic

#BF9D2E #2EBF9D #9D2EBF

tetradic

#BF9D2E #2EBF55 #2E50BF #BF2E99

square

#BF9D2E #2EBF55 #2E50BF #BF2E99

split-complementary

#BF9D2E #2E99BF #552EBF

monochromatic

#5C4C16 #8E7422 #BF9D2E #D6B854 #E2CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BF9D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D2E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D2E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.130 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b96f',
    500: '#bf9d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d2e;
$custom-light: #d7b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70792,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D2E

secondary

#7E90CB

accent

#69E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D2E

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

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