#BBAF38#BBAF38

#BBAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF38
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -9.43, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 60.22, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0318 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5388, 41.5117, 9.8285)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF38 #3844BB

analogous

#BB6E38 #BBAF38 #85BB38

triadic

#BBAF38 #38BBAF #AF38BB

tetradic

#BBAF38 #38BB6E #3844BB #BB3885

square

#BBAF38 #38BB6E #3844BB #BB3885

split-complementary

#BBAF38 #3885BB #6E38BB

monochromatic

#5D571C #8C832A #BBAF38 #D0C561 #DED790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF38

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF38	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)

#BFA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c676',
    500: '#bbaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf38;
$custom-light: #d3c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74275,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF38

secondary

#868CC8

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF38

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

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