#BF9C28#BF9C28

#BF9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.132 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C28
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 79.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 1.70, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 60.91, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.002 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.132 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7593, 35.0087, 6.9863)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C28 #284BBF

analogous

#BF5128 #BF9C28 #96BF28

triadic

#BF9C28 #28BF9C #9C28BF

tetradic

#BF9C28 #28BF51 #284BBF #BF2896

square

#BF9C28 #28BF51 #284BBF #BF2896

split-complementary

#BF9C28 #2896BF #5128BF

monochromatic

#5A4913 #8C731D #BF9C28 #D9B84B #E4CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BF9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C28

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C28	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.132 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b86c',
    500: '#bf9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c28;
$custom-light: #d7b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70548,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C28

secondary

#778ACC

accent

#67E83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →