#BBAF33#BBAF33

#BBAF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.139 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF33
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -9.67, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 62.08, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.033 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.139 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4226, 41.4652, 9.2164)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF33 #333FBB

analogous

#BB6B33 #BBAF33 #83BB33

triadic

#BBAF33 #33BBAF #AF33BB

tetradic

#BBAF33 #33BB6B #333FBB #BB3383

square

#BBAF33 #33BB6B #333FBB #BB3383

split-complementary

#BBAF33 #3383BB #6B33BB

monochromatic

#5B5519 #8B8226 #BBAF33 #D2C759 #DFD789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF33

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF33	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)

#BFA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c673',
    500: '#bbaf33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf33;
$custom-light: #d3c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF33

secondary

#8187C9

accent

#55E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF33

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

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