#BFAA44#BFAA44

#BFAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA44
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -4.38, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 53.88, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0163 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9056, 40.2449, 11.2918)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA44 #4459BF

analogous

#BF6C44 #BFAA44 #96BF44

triadic

#BFAA44 #44BFAA #AA44BF

tetradic

#BFAA44 #44BF6C #4459BF #BF4496

square

#BFAA44 #44BF6C #4459BF #BF4496

split-complementary

#BFAA44 #4496BF #6C44BF

monochromatic

#665A23 #938332 #BFAA44 #CFBF72 #DED39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BFAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA44

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA44	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c37c',
    500: '#bfaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa44;
$custom-light: #d5c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA44

secondary

#949DCB

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA44

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

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