#BBAF47#BBAF47

#BBAF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF47
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -8.54, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 54.03, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0276 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9622, 41.6811, 12.0583)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF47 #4753BB

analogous

#BB7547 #BBAF47 #8DBB47

triadic

#BBAF47 #47BBAF #AF47BB

tetradic

#BBAF47 #47BB75 #4753BB #BB478D

square

#BBAF47 #47BB75 #4753BB #BB478D

split-complementary

#BBAF47 #478DBB #7547BB

monochromatic

#635D25 #908635 #BBAF47 #CCC274 #DCD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF47

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF47	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c67f',
    500: '#bbaf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf47;
$custom-light: #d2c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74406,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF47

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF47

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

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