#BF9F36#BF9F36

#BF9F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F36
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 0.69, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 56.50, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0034 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.126 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5517, 36.1410, 8.6453)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F36 #3656BF

analogous

#BF5A36 #BF9F36 #9BBF36

triadic

#BF9F36 #36BF9F #9F36BF

tetradic

#BF9F36 #36BF5A #3656BF #BF369B

square

#BF9F36 #36BF5A #3656BF #BF369B

split-complementary

#BF9F36 #369BBF #5A36BF

monochromatic

#60501B #8F7729 #BF9F36 #D2B760 #E0CD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BF9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F36

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F36	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb73',
    500: '#bf9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f36;
$custom-light: #d6bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71264,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F36

secondary

#8796CA

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F36

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

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