#BBAF45#BBAF45

#BBAF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF45
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -8.67, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 54.90, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0282 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8991, 41.6558, 11.7258)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF45 #4551BB

analogous

#BB7445 #BBAF45 #8CBB45

triadic

#BBAF45 #45BBAF #AF45BB

tetradic

#BBAF45 #45BB74 #4551BB #BB458C

square

#BBAF45 #45BB74 #4551BB #BB458C

split-complementary

#BBAF45 #458CBB #7445BB

monochromatic

#625C24 #8F8534 #BBAF45 #CBC272 #DCD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BBAF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF45

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF45	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c67d',
    500: '#bbaf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf45;
$custom-light: #d2c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF45

secondary

#9499C8

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF45

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

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