#BF9D2F#BF9D2F

#BF9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D2F
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 1.44, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 58.69, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0021 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.129 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0579, 35.3977, 7.7273)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D2F #2F51BF

analogous

#BF552F #BF9D2F #99BF2F

triadic

#BF9D2F #2FBF9D #9D2FBF

tetradic

#BF9D2F #2FBF55 #2F51BF #BF2F99

square

#BF9D2F #2FBF55 #2F51BF #BF2F99

split-complementary

#BF9D2F #2F99BF #552FBF

monochromatic

#5D4C17 #8E7523 #BF9D2F #D5B756 #E1CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BF9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D2F

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D2F	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)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b96f',
    500: '#bf9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d2f;
$custom-light: #d7b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70799,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D2F

secondary

#7F91CB

accent

#6AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D2F

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

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