#BBAF36#BBAF36

#BBAF36 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	#BBAF36
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -9.53, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 60.98, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0323 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4909, 41.4926, 9.5760)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF36 #3642BB

analogous

#BB6C36 #BBAF36 #85BB36

triadic

#BBAF36 #36BBAF #AF36BB

tetradic

#BBAF36 #36BB6C #3642BB #BB3685

square

#BBAF36 #36BB6C #3642BB #BB3685

split-complementary

#BBAF36 #3685BB #6C36BB

monochromatic

#5C561B #8C8328 #BBAF36 #D0C65E #DED78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF36

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF36	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)

#BFA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c675',
    500: '#bbaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf36;
$custom-light: #d3c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7426,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF36

secondary

#848AC9

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF36

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

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