#BBAF48#BBAF48

#BBAF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.124 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF48
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -8.47, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 53.59, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0273 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.124 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9946, 41.6940, 12.2287)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF48 #4854BB

analogous

#BB7548 #BBAF48 #8DBB48

triadic

#BBAF48 #48BBAF #AF48BB

tetradic

#BBAF48 #48BB75 #4854BB #BB488D

square

#BBAF48 #48BB75 #4854BB #BB488D

split-complementary

#BBAF48 #488DBB #7548BB

monochromatic

#645D25 #908736 #BBAF48 #CCC375 #DCD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF48

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF48	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)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.124 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c67f',
    500: '#bbaf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf48;
$custom-light: #d2c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF48

secondary

#969BC9

accent

#60D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF48

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

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