#BFAA40#BFAA40

#BFAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA40
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -4.63, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 55.59, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0175 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.7877, 40.1977, 10.6707)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA40 #4055BF

analogous

#BF6B40 #BFAA40 #94BF40

triadic

#BFAA40 #40BFAA #AA40BF

tetradic

#BFAA40 #40BF6B #4055BF #BF4094

square

#BFAA40 #40BF6B #4055BF #BF4094

split-complementary

#BFAA40 #4094BF #6B40BF

monochromatic

#635821 #918131 #BFAA40 #CEBE6E #DED39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BFAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA40

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA40	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c37a',
    500: '#bfaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa40;
$custom-light: #d6c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.40196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA40

secondary

#919ACA

accent

#65D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA40

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

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