#BFAA3B#BFAA3B

#BFAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA3B
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -4.91, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 57.65, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0189 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6517, 40.1434, 9.9547)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA3B #3B50BF

analogous

#BF683B #BFAA3B #92BF3B

triadic

#BFAA3B #3BBFAA #AA3BBF

tetradic

#BFAA3B #3BBF68 #3B50BF #BF3B92

square

#BFAA3B #3BBF68 #3B50BF #BF3B92

split-complementary

#BFAA3B #3B92BF #683BBF

monochromatic

#61571E #90802D #BFAA3B #D0BF67 #DFD396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BFAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA3B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA3B	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c277',
    500: '#bfaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa3b;
$custom-light: #d6c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA3B

secondary

#8C96CA

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA3B

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

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