#BF9E36#BF9E36

#BF9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E36
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 1.23, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 56.25, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0019 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.125 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3805, 35.7985, 8.5883)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E36 #3657BF

analogous

#BF5936 #BF9E36 #9CBF36

triadic

#BF9E36 #36BF9E #9E36BF

tetradic

#BF9E36 #36BF59 #3657BF #BF369C

square

#BF9E36 #36BF59 #3657BF #BF369C

split-complementary

#BF9E36 #369CBF #5936BF

monochromatic

#604F1B #8F7729 #BF9E36 #D2B760 #E0CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BF9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E36

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E36	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)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba73',
    500: '#bf9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e36;
$custom-light: #d6ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E36

secondary

#8797CA

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E36

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

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