#BF9D33#BF9D33

#BF9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D33
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 1.62, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 57.18, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0011 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.127 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1423, 35.4314, 8.1720)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D33 #3355BF

analogous

#BF5733 #BF9D33 #9BBF33

triadic

#BF9D33 #33BF9D #9D33BF

tetradic

#BF9D33 #33BF57 #3355BF #BF339B

square

#BF9D33 #33BF57 #3355BF #BF339B

split-complementary

#BF9D33 #339BBF #5733BF

monochromatic

#5E4E19 #8F7526 #BF9D33 #D3B65C #E0CC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BF9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D33

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D33	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b972',
    500: '#bf9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d33;
$custom-light: #d6b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70828,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D33

secondary

#8395CB

accent

#6CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D33

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

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