#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
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 1.77, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 56.00, 88.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0003 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.125 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2106, 35.4587, 8.5316)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##BF9D36	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)

#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

Preview with #BF9D36

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

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