#BF9F2C#BF9F2C

#BF9F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F2C
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 0.24, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 60.25, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0058 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.132 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3406, 36.0566, 7.5332)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F2C #2C4CBF

analogous

#BF552C #BF9F2C #95BF2C

triadic

#BF9F2C #2CBF9F #9F2CBF

tetradic

#BF9F2C #2CBF55 #2C4CBF #BF2C95

square

#BF9F2C #2CBF55 #2C4CBF #BF2C95

split-complementary

#BF9F2C #2C95BF #552CBF

monochromatic

#5C4C15 #8D7621 #BF9F2C #D7BA51 #E2CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BF9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F2C

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F2C	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bb6e',
    500: '#bf9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f2c;
$custom-light: #d7bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71192,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F2C

secondary

#7B8DCC

accent

#66E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F2C

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

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