#BFAA34#BFAA34

#BFAA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA34
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -5.26, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 60.36, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0206 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.135 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4822, 40.0755, 9.0619)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA34 #3449BF

analogous

#BF6434 #BFAA34 #8FBF34

triadic

#BFAA34 #34BFAA #AA34BF

tetradic

#BFAA34 #34BF64 #3449BF #BF348F

square

#BFAA34 #34BF64 #3449BF #BF348F

split-complementary

#BFAA34 #348FBF #6434BF

monochromatic

#5F541A #8F7F27 #BFAA34 #D3C15D #E0D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFAA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BFAA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA34

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA34	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)

#BBA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c273',
    500: '#bfaa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa34;
$custom-light: #d6c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA34

secondary

#848FCA

accent

#5EE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA34

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

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