#BF9F3E#BF9F3E

#BF9F3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.120 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F3E
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 1.12, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 53.20, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0012 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.12 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7553, 36.2225, 9.7175)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F3E #3E5EBF

analogous

#BF5E3E #BF9F3E #9FBF3E

triadic

#BF9F3E #3EBF9F #9F3EBF

tetradic

#BF9F3E #3EBF5E #3E5EBF #BF3E9F

square

#BF9F3E #3EBF5E #3E5EBF #BF3E9F

split-complementary

#BF9F3E #3E9FBF #5E3EBF

monochromatic

#635220 #91792F #BF9F3E #CFB66B #DECD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BF9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F3E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F3E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.120 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb78',
    500: '#bf9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f3e;
$custom-light: #d6bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F3E

secondary

#8F9ECA

accent

#70DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F3E

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

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