#BBAF31#BBAF31

#BBAF31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.141 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF31
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -9.77, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 62.80, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0335 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.141 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3795, 41.4480, 8.9891)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF31 #313DBB

analogous

#BB6A31 #BBAF31 #82BB31

triadic

#BBAF31 #31BBAF #AF31BB

tetradic

#BBAF31 #31BB6A #313DBB #BB3182

square

#BBAF31 #31BB6A #313DBB #BB3182

split-complementary

#BBAF31 #3182BB #6A31BB

monochromatic

#5A5418 #8B8224 #BBAF31 #D3C856 #E0D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAF31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF31

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF31	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c672',
    500: '#bbaf31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf31;
$custom-light: #d3c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74225,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF31

secondary

#7F85C9

accent

#54E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF31

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

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