#BF9F3B#BF9F3B

#BF9F3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F3B
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 0.95, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 54.47, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0021 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.122 91)
XYZ	xyz(34.6752, 36.1904, 9.2959)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F3B #3B5BBF

analogous

#BF5D3B #BF9F3B #9DBF3B

triadic

#BF9F3B #3BBF9F #9F3BBF

tetradic

#BF9F3B #3BBF5D #3B5BBF #BF3B9D

square

#BF9F3B #3BBF5D #3B5BBF #BF3B9D

split-complementary

#BF9F3B #3B9DBF #5D3BBF

monochromatic

#61511E #90782D #BF9F3B #D0B767 #DFCD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BF9F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F3B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F3B	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb76',
    500: '#bf9f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f3b;
$custom-light: #d6bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71306,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.36188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F3B

secondary

#8C9BCA

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F3B

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

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