#BBAF34#BBAF34

#BBAF34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF34
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -9.63, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 61.72, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0328 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4449, 41.4742, 9.3337)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF34 #3440BB

analogous

#BB6C34 #BBAF34 #83BB34

triadic

#BBAF34 #34BBAF #AF34BB

tetradic

#BBAF34 #34BB6C #3440BB #BB3483

square

#BBAF34 #34BB6C #3440BB #BB3483

split-complementary

#BBAF34 #3483BB #6C34BB

monochromatic

#5B5519 #8B8227 #BBAF34 #D1C75B #DFD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF34

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF34	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)

#BFA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c674',
    500: '#bbaf34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf34;
$custom-light: #d3c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF34

secondary

#8288C9

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF34

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

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