#BF9F3C#BF9F3C

#BF9F3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F3C
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 1.01, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 54.05, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0018 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.122 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7014, 36.2009, 9.4338)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F3C #3C5CBF

analogous

#BF5E3C #BF9F3C #9DBF3C

triadic

#BF9F3C #3CBF9F #9F3CBF

tetradic

#BF9F3C #3CBF5E #3C5CBF #BF3C9D

square

#BF9F3C #3CBF5E #3C5CBF #BF3C9D

split-complementary

#BF9F3C #3C9DBF #5E3CBF

monochromatic

#62511F #90782D #BF9F3C #D0B768 #DECD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BF9F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F3C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F3C	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)

#B09D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb77',
    500: '#bf9f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f3c;
$custom-light: #d6bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71314,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F3C

secondary

#8D9CCA

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F3C

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

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