#BBAF49#BBAF49

#BBAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF49
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -8.40, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 53.15, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.027 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0274, 41.7072, 12.4019)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF49 #4955BB

analogous

#BB7649 #BBAF49 #8EBB49

triadic

#BBAF49 #49BBAF #AF49BB

tetradic

#BBAF49 #49BB76 #4955BB #BB498E

square

#BBAF49 #49BB76 #4955BB #BB498E

split-complementary

#BBAF49 #498EBB #7649BB

monochromatic

#645E25 #918736 #BBAF49 #CCC376 #DCD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF49

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF49	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c680',
    500: '#bbaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf49;
$custom-light: #d2c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74426,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF49

secondary

#979CC9

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF49

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

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