#BF9D28#BF9D28

#BF9D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.133 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D28
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 79.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 1.16, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 61.14, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0036 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.133 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9278, 35.3456, 7.0425)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D28 #284ABF

analogous

#BF5128 #BF9D28 #95BF28

triadic

#BF9D28 #28BF9D #9D28BF

tetradic

#BF9D28 #28BF51 #284ABF #BF2895

square

#BF9D28 #28BF51 #284ABF #BF2895

split-complementary

#BF9D28 #2895BF #5128BF

monochromatic

#5A4A13 #8C731D #BF9D28 #D9B94B #E4CD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF9D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BF9D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D28

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D28	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.133 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b96c',
    500: '#bf9d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d28;
$custom-light: #d7b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D28

secondary

#778ACC

accent

#65E83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D28

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

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