Palettes / Colors / #BFAA23

#BFAA23 — Yellow

#BFAA23 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #BFAA23 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BFAA23 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2337BE; it also sits naturally between #BE5C23 and #85BE23. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 67% · Blue 14%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 82% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BFAA23

.text { color: #BFAA23; }
.background { background-color: #BFAA23; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFAA23; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 170, 35); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 69%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFAA23; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 170, 35, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFAA23; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 170, 35, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFAA23">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFAA23">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFAA23

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Tones of #BFAA23

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2337BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BFAA23: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFAA23

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BFAA23 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFAA23 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFAA23?

#BFAA23 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 191, 170, 35). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFAA23?

#BFAA23 is RGB 191, 170, 35 — HSL 52°, 69%, 44% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 82%, 25%.

What colors go with #BFAA23?

Its complement is #2337BE; analogous partners are #BE5C23 and #85BE23. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFAA23 for text?

Black text on #BFAA23 has a contrast ratio of 8.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.34:1.