#BF9F38#BF9F38

#BF9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F38
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 0.79, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 55.70, 89.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0029 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.124 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5997, 36.1602, 8.8978)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F38 #3858BF

analogous

#BF5B38 #BF9F38 #9BBF38

triadic

#BF9F38 #38BF9F #9F38BF

tetradic

#BF9F38 #38BF5B #3858BF #BF389B

square

#BF9F38 #38BF5B #3858BF #BF389B

split-complementary

#BF9F38 #389BBF #5B38BF

monochromatic

#60501C #90782A #BF9F38 #D1B763 #DFCD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BF9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F38

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F38	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)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb75',
    500: '#bf9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f38;
$custom-light: #d6bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F38

secondary

#8998CA

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F38

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

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