#BF9F3F#BF9F3F

#BF9F3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F3F
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 1.18, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 52.77, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0009 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.119 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7830, 36.2335, 9.8634)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F3F #3F5FBF

analogous

#BF5F3F #BF9F3F #9FBF3F

triadic

#BF9F3F #3FBF9F #9F3FBF

tetradic

#BF9F3F #3FBF5F #3F5FBF #BF3F9F

square

#BF9F3F #3FBF5F #3F5FBF #BF3F9F

split-complementary

#BF9F3F #3F9FBF #5F3FBF

monochromatic

#635221 #917930 #BF9F3F #CFB66D #DECD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BF9F3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F3F

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F3F	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb79',
    500: '#bf9f3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f3f;
$custom-light: #d6bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71342,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F3F

secondary

#909ECA

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F3F

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

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