#BF9D31#BF9D31

#BF9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D31
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 1.53, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 57.95, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0016 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.128 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0991, 35.4142, 7.9447)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D31 #3153BF

analogous

#BF5631 #BF9D31 #9ABF31

triadic

#BF9D31 #31BF9D #9D31BF

tetradic

#BF9D31 #31BF56 #3153BF #BF319A

square

#BF9D31 #31BF56 #3153BF #BF319A

split-complementary

#BF9D31 #319ABF #5631BF

monochromatic

#5E4D18 #8E7525 #BF9D31 #D4B759 #E1CC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BF9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D31

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D31	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)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b971',
    500: '#bf9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d31;
$custom-light: #d6b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70813,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D31

secondary

#8193CB

accent

#6BE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D31

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

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