#BF9E29#BF9E29

#BF9E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E29
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 78.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 0.66, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 61.03, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0049 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.133 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1149, 35.6923, 7.1898)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E29 #294ABF

analogous

#BF5329 #BF9E29 #95BF29

triadic

#BF9E29 #29BF9E #9E29BF

tetradic

#BF9E29 #29BF53 #294ABF #BF2995

square

#BF9E29 #29BF53 #294ABF #BF2995

split-complementary

#BF9E29 #2995BF #5329BF

monochromatic

#5A4B13 #8D741E #BF9E29 #D9BA4D #E4CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF9E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BF9E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E29

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E29	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)

#B09C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba6d',
    500: '#bf9e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e29;
$custom-light: #d7ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70967,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E29

secondary

#788ACC

accent

#65E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E29

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

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