#BF9D35#BF9D35

#BF9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D35
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 1.72, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 56.40, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0006 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.125 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1873, 35.4494, 8.4092)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D35 #3557BF

analogous

#BF5835 #BF9D35 #9CBF35

triadic

#BF9D35 #35BF9D #9D35BF

tetradic

#BF9D35 #35BF58 #3557BF #BF359C

square

#BF9D35 #35BF58 #3557BF #BF359C

split-complementary

#BF9D35 #359CBF #5835BF

monochromatic

#5F4E1A #8F7628 #BF9D35 #D3B65F #E0CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BF9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D35

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b973',
    500: '#bf9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d35;
$custom-light: #d6b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70843,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D35

secondary

#8596CA

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D35

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

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