#BBAF42#BBAF42

#BBAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF42
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -8.86, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 56.18, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0291 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.129 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.8083, 41.6195, 11.2477)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF42 #424EBB

analogous

#BB7342 #BBAF42 #8ABB42

triadic

#BBAF42 #42BBAF #AF42BB

tetradic

#BBAF42 #42BB73 #424EBB #BB428A

square

#BBAF42 #42BB73 #424EBB #BB428A

split-complementary

#BBAF42 #428ABB #7342BB

monochromatic

#615A22 #8E8532 #BBAF42 #CCC36E #DCD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BBAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF42

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF42	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)

#BEAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c67c',
    500: '#bbaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf42;
$custom-light: #d2c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74358,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.41618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF42

secondary

#9196C8

accent

#5ED750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF42

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

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