Palettes / Colors / #BF952B

#BF952B — Yellow

#BF952B is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color Peru (#CD853F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: peru (#CD853F) — not an exact match. CSS peru gives you #CD853F, a different color; use #BF952B when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BF952B is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2B55BF; it also sits naturally between #BF4B2B and #9FBF2B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 58% · Blue 17%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 77% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BF952B

.text { color: #BF952B; }
.background { background-color: #BF952B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF952B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 149, 43); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 63%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF952B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 149, 43, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF952B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 149, 43, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF952B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF952B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF952B

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2B55BF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BF952B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF952B

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BF952B looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF952B rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF952A  ·  #BF952C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF952B?

#BF952B is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 191, 149, 43). Its closest standard named color is Peru.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF952B?

#BF952B is RGB 191, 149, 43 — HSL 43°, 63%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 77%, 25%.

What colors go with #BF952B?

Its complement is #2B55BF; analogous partners are #BF4B2B and #9FBF2B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF952B for text?

Black text on #BF952B has a contrast ratio of 7.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.78:1.