#BBAF39#BBAF39

#BBAF39 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	#BBAF39
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -9.38, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 59.84, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0315 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5635, 41.5216, 9.9586)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF39 #3945BB

analogous

#BB6E39 #BBAF39 #86BB39

triadic

#BBAF39 #39BBAF #AF39BB

tetradic

#BBAF39 #39BB6E #3945BB #BB3986

square

#BBAF39 #39BB6E #3945BB #BB3986

split-complementary

#BBAF39 #3986BB #6E39BB

monochromatic

#5D571C #8C832B #BBAF39 #CFC562 #DDD691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF39

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF39	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)

#BFA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c677',
    500: '#bbaf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf39;
$custom-light: #d3c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF39

secondary

#878DC8

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF39

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

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