#BF9E34#BF9E34

#BF9E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E34
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 72.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 1.13, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 57.04, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0024 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.126 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3345, 35.7801, 8.3460)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E34 #3455BF

analogous

#BF5834 #BF9E34 #9BBF34

triadic

#BF9E34 #34BF9E #9E34BF

tetradic

#BF9E34 #34BF58 #3455BF #BF349B

square

#BF9E34 #34BF58 #3455BF #BF349B

split-complementary

#BF9E34 #349BBF #5834BF

monochromatic

#5F4E1A #8F7627 #BF9E34 #D3B75D #E0CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BF9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E34

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E34	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba72',
    500: '#bf9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e34;
$custom-light: #d6ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E34

secondary

#8495CA

accent

#6CE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E34

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

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