#BF9E35#BF9E35

#BF9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E35
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 1.18, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 56.65, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0021 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.126 91)
XYZ	xyz(34.3572, 35.7892, 8.4658)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E35 #3556BF

analogous

#BF5935 #BF9E35 #9BBF35

triadic

#BF9E35 #35BF9E #9E35BF

tetradic

#BF9E35 #35BF59 #3556BF #BF359B

square

#BF9E35 #35BF59 #3556BF #BF359B

split-complementary

#BF9E35 #359BBF #5935BF

monochromatic

#5F4F1A #8F7628 #BF9E35 #D3B75F #E0CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BF9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E35

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E35	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)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba73',
    500: '#bf9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e35;
$custom-light: #d6ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71049,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.35787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E35

secondary

#8596CA

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E35

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

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