#BF9D32#BF9D32

#BF9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D32
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 1.58, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 57.57, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0013 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.127 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1205, 35.4227, 8.0571)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D32 #3254BF

analogous

#BF5732 #BF9D32 #9ABF32

triadic

#BF9D32 #32BF9D #9D32BF

tetradic

#BF9D32 #32BF57 #3254BF #BF329A

square

#BF9D32 #32BF57 #3254BF #BF329A

split-complementary

#BF9D32 #329ABF #5732BF

monochromatic

#5E4D19 #8E7525 #BF9D32 #D4B75A #E1CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BF9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D32

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D32	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)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b971',
    500: '#bf9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d32;
$custom-light: #d6b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D32

secondary

#8294CB

accent

#6CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D32

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

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