#BF9E28#BF9E28

#BF9E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E28
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 79.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 0.63, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 61.37, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0051 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.133 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0977, 35.6854, 7.0991)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E28 #2849BF

analogous

#BF5228 #BF9E28 #95BF28

triadic

#BF9E28 #28BF9E #9E28BF

tetradic

#BF9E28 #28BF52 #2849BF #BF2895

square

#BF9E28 #28BF52 #2849BF #BF2895

split-complementary

#BF9E28 #2895BF #5228BF

monochromatic

#5A4A13 #8C741D #BF9E28 #D9BA4B #E4CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF9E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BF9E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E28

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E28	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba6c',
    500: '#bf9e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e28;
$custom-light: #d7ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E28

secondary

#7789CC

accent

#64E83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E28

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

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