#BFAA35#BFAA35

#BFAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA35
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -5.22, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 59.99, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0204 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5049, 40.0846, 9.1817)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA35 #354ABF

analogous

#BF6535 #BFAA35 #8FBF35

triadic

#BFAA35 #35BFAA #AA35BF

tetradic

#BFAA35 #35BF65 #354ABF #BF358F

square

#BFAA35 #35BF65 #354ABF #BF358F

split-complementary

#BFAA35 #358FBF #6535BF

monochromatic

#5F551A #8F7F28 #BFAA35 #D3C15F #E0D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BFAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA35

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA35	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c274',
    500: '#bfaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa35;
$custom-light: #d6c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA35

secondary

#8590CA

accent

#5FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA35

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

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