#BBAF35#BBAF35

#BBAF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF35
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -9.58, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 61.35, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0325 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4676, 41.4833, 9.4536)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF35 #3541BB

analogous

#BB6C35 #BBAF35 #84BB35

triadic

#BBAF35 #35BBAF #AF35BB

tetradic

#BBAF35 #35BB6C #3541BB #BB3584

square

#BBAF35 #35BB6C #3541BB #BB3584

split-complementary

#BBAF35 #3584BB #6C35BB

monochromatic

#5C561A #8B8227 #BBAF35 #D1C65C #DED78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF35

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF35	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c674',
    500: '#bbaf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf35;
$custom-light: #d3c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF35

secondary

#8389C9

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF35

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

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