#BFAA39#BFAA39

#BFAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA39
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -5.02, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 58.44, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0194 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6008, 40.1230, 9.6867)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA39 #394EBF

analogous

#BF6739 #BFAA39 #91BF39

triadic

#BFAA39 #39BFAA #AA39BF

tetradic

#BFAA39 #39BF67 #394EBF #BF3991

square

#BFAA39 #39BF67 #394EBF #BF3991

split-complementary

#BFAA39 #3991BF #6739BF

monochromatic

#61561D #90802B #BFAA39 #D1C064 #DFD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BFAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA39

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA39	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)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c276',
    500: '#bfaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa39;
$custom-light: #d6c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73588,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA39

secondary

#8A94CA

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA39

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

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