Information about #BFA03A color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated golden yellow, #BFA03A carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Rustic Gold (#C2A03D). Slightly further away sit Karma (#B6A237) and Golden Spice (#C6973F).
The recipe behind #BFA03A is rgb(191, 160, 58), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BFA03A: 8.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#BFA03A color variations
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#BFA03A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BFA03A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BFA03A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BFA03A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BFA03A color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BFA03A color
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Nearest named colors to #BFA03A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C2A03D
#B6A237
#C6973F
#CBA135
#B5A642
#B69642
#BF8D3C
#CE9732
#BB8E34
#B7984A
#C68E3F
#BDA928
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BFA03A
- RGB191, 160, 58
- CMYK0, 12, 52, 25
- CSSrgb(191, 160, 58)
- HSL46°, 53%, 49%
- HSL Precise46.015°, 53.414%, 48.824%
- HSV46°, 70%, 75%
- HSB46°, 70%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.227
- GLSLvec3(0.749, 0.627, 0.227)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.749, 0.627, 0.227, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.749, 0.627, 0.227)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB22.7%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDBFA03A
- DECIMAL ID12558394
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
