#BBAF40#BBAF40

#BBAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF40
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -8.98, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 57.02, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0296 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.131 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7504, 41.5964, 10.9426)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF40 #404CBB

analogous

#BB7240 #BBAF40 #8ABB40

triadic

#BBAF40 #40BBAF #AF40BB

tetradic

#BBAF40 #40BB72 #404CBB #BB408A

square

#BBAF40 #40BB72 #404CBB #BB408A

split-complementary

#BBAF40 #408ABB #7240BB

monochromatic

#605A21 #8D8430 #BBAF40 #CDC36C #DCD699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BBAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF40

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF40	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c67a',
    500: '#bbaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf40;
$custom-light: #d3c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7434,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF40

secondary

#8F94C8

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF40

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

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