#BFAA38#BFAA38

#BFAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA38
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -5.07, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 58.84, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0196 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5761, 40.1131, 9.5566)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA38 #384DBF

analogous

#BF6638 #BFAA38 #90BF38

triadic

#BFAA38 #38BFAA #AA38BF

tetradic

#BFAA38 #38BF66 #384DBF #BF3890

square

#BFAA38 #38BF66 #384DBF #BF3890

split-complementary

#BFAA38 #3890BF #6638BF

monochromatic

#60561C #90802A #BFAA38 #D1C063 #DFD392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BFAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA38

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA38	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c276',
    500: '#bfaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa38;
$custom-light: #d6c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7358,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA38

secondary

#8993CA

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA38

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

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