#BF9D36#BF9D36

#BF9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BF9D36
RGBrgb(191, 157, 54)
HSLhsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(66.10, 1.77, 55.98)
CIE-LCHlch(66.10, 56.00, 88.19°)
OKLaboklab(70.85% -0.0003 0.1246)
OKLCHoklch(70.85% 0.125 90.2)
XYZxyz(34.2106, 35.4587, 8.5316)
Luminance0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BF9D36 #3658BF
analogous
#BF5836 #BF9D36 #9DBF36
triadic
#BF9D36 #36BF9D #9D36BF
tetradic
#BF9D36 #36BF58 #3658BF #BF369D
square
#BF9D36 #36BF58 #3658BF #BF369D
split-complementary
#BF9D36 #369DBF #5836BF
monochromatic
#604F1B #8F7629 #BF9D36 #D2B660 #E0CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#BF9D36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09
#BF9D36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D36
8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BF9D36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BF9D361.002.608.098.09
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0921.001.001.00
##0000008.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9B27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A53B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF9088
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bf9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 90.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b973',
    500: '#bf9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bf9d36;
$custom-light: #d6b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bf9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70851,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BF9D36
secondary
#8797CA
accent
#6EDF49
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151108
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#BF9D36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva