#BFAA33#BFAA33

#BFAA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA33
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -5.31, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 60.73, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0209 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4599, 40.0666, 8.9445)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA33 #3348BF

analogous

#BF6433 #BFAA33 #8EBF33

triadic

#BFAA33 #33BFAA #AA33BF

tetradic

#BFAA33 #33BF64 #3348BF #BF338E

square

#BFAA33 #33BF64 #3348BF #BF338E

split-complementary

#BFAA33 #338EBF #6433BF

monochromatic

#5E5419 #8F7F26 #BFAA33 #D3C15C #E0D48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BFAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA33

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA33	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c273',
    500: '#bfaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa33;
$custom-light: #d6c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73543,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA33

secondary

#838ECB

accent

#5EE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA33

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

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