#BF9E33#BF9E33

#BF9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E33
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 1.08, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 57.43, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0026 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.127 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3122, 35.7712, 8.2286)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E33 #3354BF

analogous

#BF5833 #BF9E33 #9ABF33

triadic

#BF9E33 #33BF9E #9E33BF

tetradic

#BF9E33 #33BF58 #3354BF #BF339A

square

#BF9E33 #33BF58 #3354BF #BF339A

split-complementary

#BF9E33 #339ABF #5833BF

monochromatic

#5E4E19 #8F7626 #BF9E33 #D3B75C #E0CC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BF9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E33

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E33	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba72',
    500: '#bf9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e33;
$custom-light: #d6ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71034,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E33

secondary

#8394CB

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E33

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

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