#BF9E3B#BF9E3B

#BF9E3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E3B
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 1.49, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 54.21, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0005 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.122 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5040, 35.8479, 9.2388)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E3B #3B5CBF

analogous

#BF5C3B #BF9E3B #9EBF3B

triadic

#BF9E3B #3BBF9E #9E3BBF

tetradic

#BF9E3B #3BBF5C #3B5CBF #BF3B9E

square

#BF9E3B #3BBF5C #3B5CBF #BF3B9E

split-complementary

#BF9E3B #3B9EBF #5C3BBF

monochromatic

#61511E #90772D #BF9E3B #D0B667 #DFCC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BF9E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E3B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E3B	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba76',
    500: '#bf9e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e3b;
$custom-light: #d6ba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71099,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E3B

secondary

#8C9BCA

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E3B

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

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