#BF9F31#BF9F31

#BF9F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F31
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 0.45, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 58.43, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0047 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.129 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4403, 36.0965, 8.0584)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F31 #3151BF

analogous

#BF5831 #BF9F31 #98BF31

triadic

#BF9F31 #31BF9F #9F31BF

tetradic

#BF9F31 #31BF58 #3151BF #BF3198

square

#BF9F31 #31BF58 #3151BF #BF3198

split-complementary

#BF9F31 #3198BF #5831BF

monochromatic

#5E4E18 #8E7625 #BF9F31 #D4B959 #E1CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F31

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F31	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)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb71',
    500: '#bf9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f31;
$custom-light: #d6bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F31

secondary

#8192CB

accent

#69E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F31

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

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