#BF9E31#BF9E31

#BF9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E31
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 0.99, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 58.19, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0031 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.128 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2690, 35.7539, 8.0013)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E31 #3152BF

analogous

#BF5731 #BF9E31 #99BF31

triadic

#BF9E31 #31BF9E #9E31BF

tetradic

#BF9E31 #31BF57 #3152BF #BF3199

square

#BF9E31 #31BF57 #3152BF #BF3199

split-complementary

#BF9E31 #3199BF #5731BF

monochromatic

#5E4D18 #8E7625 #BF9E31 #D4B859 #E1CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BF9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E31

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E31	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba71',
    500: '#bf9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e31;
$custom-light: #d6ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71019,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E31

secondary

#8192CB

accent

#6AE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E31

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

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