#BF9F2D#BF9F2D

#BF9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.131 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F2D
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 0.28, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 59.89, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0056 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.131 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3596, 36.0642, 7.6334)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F2D #2D4DBF

analogous

#BF562D #BF9F2D #96BF2D

triadic

#BF9F2D #2DBF9F #9F2DBF

tetradic

#BF9F2D #2DBF56 #2D4DBF #BF2D96

square

#BF9F2D #2DBF56 #2D4DBF #BF2D96

split-complementary

#BF9F2D #2D96BF #562DBF

monochromatic

#5C4D16 #8D7621 #BF9F2D #D6BA53 #E2CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BF9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F2D

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F2D	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)

#B19D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.131 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bb6f',
    500: '#bf9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f2d;
$custom-light: #d7bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F2D

secondary

#7C8ECB

accent

#66E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F2D

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

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