#BFAA36#BFAA36

#BFAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA36
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -5.17, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 59.61, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0202 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5282, 40.0939, 9.3042)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA36 #364BBF

analogous

#BF6536 #BFAA36 #8FBF36

triadic

#BFAA36 #36BFAA #AA36BF

tetradic

#BFAA36 #36BF65 #364BBF #BF368F

square

#BFAA36 #36BF65 #364BBF #BF368F

split-complementary

#BFAA36 #368FBF #6536BF

monochromatic

#60551B #8F8029 #BFAA36 #D2C160 #E0D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BFAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA36

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA36	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)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c274',
    500: '#bfaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa36;
$custom-light: #d6c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA36

secondary

#8791CA

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA36

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

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