#BF9D37#BF9D37

#BF9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D37
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 1.82, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 55.60, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0001 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.124 90)
XYZ	xyz(34.2343, 35.4682, 8.6566)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D37 #3759BF

analogous

#BF5937 #BF9D37 #9DBF37

triadic

#BF9D37 #37BF9D #9D37BF

tetradic

#BF9D37 #37BF59 #3759BF #BF379D

square

#BF9D37 #37BF59 #3759BF #BF379D

split-complementary

#BF9D37 #379DBF #5937BF

monochromatic

#604F1C #8F7629 #BF9D37 #D2B662 #DFCC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BF9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D37

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D37	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AF9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b974',
    500: '#bf9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d37;
$custom-light: #d6b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70859,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.35466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D37

secondary

#8898CA

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D37

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

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