#BF9F34#BF9F34

#BF9F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F34
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 0.59, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 57.29, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0039 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.127 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5057, 36.1226, 8.4030)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F34 #3454BF

analogous

#BF5934 #BF9F34 #9ABF34

triadic

#BF9F34 #34BF9F #9F34BF

tetradic

#BF9F34 #34BF59 #3454BF #BF349A

square

#BF9F34 #34BF59 #3454BF #BF349A

split-complementary

#BF9F34 #349ABF #5934BF

monochromatic

#5F4F1A #8F7727 #BF9F34 #D3B85D #E0CD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F34

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F34	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)

#B19D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb72',
    500: '#bf9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f34;
$custom-light: #d6bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71248,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F34

secondary

#8494CA

accent

#6BE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F34

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

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