#BBAF37#BBAF37

#BBAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF37
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -9.48, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 60.60, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.032 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5146, 41.5021, 9.7010)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF37 #3743BB

analogous

#BB6D37 #BBAF37 #85BB37

triadic

#BBAF37 #37BBAF #AF37BB

tetradic

#BBAF37 #37BB6D #3743BB #BB3785

square

#BBAF37 #37BB6D #3743BB #BB3785

split-complementary

#BBAF37 #3785BB #6D37BB

monochromatic

#5C561B #8C8329 #BBAF37 #D0C65F #DED78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF37

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c675',
    500: '#bbaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf37;
$custom-light: #d3c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF37

secondary

#858BC9

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF37

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

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