#BF9E37#BF9E37

#BF9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E37
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 1.28, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 55.85, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0016 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4042, 35.8080, 8.7132)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E37 #3758BF

analogous

#BF5A37 #BF9E37 #9CBF37

triadic

#BF9E37 #37BF9E #9E37BF

tetradic

#BF9E37 #37BF5A #3758BF #BF379C

square

#BF9E37 #37BF5A #3758BF #BF379C

split-complementary

#BF9E37 #379CBF #5A37BF

monochromatic

#604F1C #8F7729 #BF9E37 #D2B662 #DFCC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BF9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E37

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E37	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)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba74',
    500: '#bf9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e37;
$custom-light: #d6ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E37

secondary

#8898CA

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E37

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

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