#BF9F33#BF9F33

#BF9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.128 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F33
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 0.55, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 57.68, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0042 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.128 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4834, 36.1137, 8.2857)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F33 #3353BF

analogous

#BF5933 #BF9F33 #99BF33

triadic

#BF9F33 #33BF9F #9F33BF

tetradic

#BF9F33 #33BF59 #3353BF #BF3399

square

#BF9F33 #33BF59 #3353BF #BF3399

split-complementary

#BF9F33 #3399BF #5933BF

monochromatic

#5E4F19 #8F7726 #BF9F33 #D3B85C #E0CD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F33

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F33	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb72',
    500: '#bf9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f33;
$custom-light: #d6bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F33

secondary

#8394CB

accent

#6AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F33

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

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