#BF9F2F#BF9F2F

#BF9F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F2F
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 0.37, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 59.17, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0051 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.13 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3990, 36.0799, 7.8411)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F2F #2F4FBF

analogous

#BF572F #BF9F2F #97BF2F

triadic

#BF9F2F #2FBF9F #9F2FBF

tetradic

#BF9F2F #2FBF57 #2F4FBF #BF2F97

square

#BF9F2F #2FBF57 #2F4FBF #BF2F97

split-complementary

#BF9F2F #2F97BF #572FBF

monochromatic

#5D4D17 #8E7623 #BF9F2F #D5B956 #E1CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF9F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF9F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F2F

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F2F	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb70',
    500: '#bf9f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f2f;
$custom-light: #d6bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71212,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F2F

secondary

#7F90CB

accent

#68E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F2F

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

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