#BBAF3B#BBAF3B

#BBAF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF3B
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -9.27, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 59.05, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.031 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.134 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6144, 41.5420, 10.2266)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF3B #3B47BB

analogous

#BB6F3B #BBAF3B #87BB3B

triadic

#BBAF3B #3BBBAF #AF3BBB

tetradic

#BBAF3B #3BBB6F #3B47BB #BB3B87

square

#BBAF3B #3BBB6F #3B47BB #BB3B87

split-complementary

#BBAF3B #3B87BB #6F3BBB

monochromatic

#5E581E #8C832C #BBAF3B #CEC465 #DDD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BBAF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF3B

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF3B	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c678',
    500: '#bbaf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf3b;
$custom-light: #d3c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74298,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF3B

secondary

#8A8FC8

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF3B

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

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