#BBAF4A#BBAF4A

#BBAF4A 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	#BBAF4A
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -8.33, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 52.70, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0266 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0609, 41.7206, 12.5779)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF4A #4A56BB

analogous

#BB764A #BBAF4A #8EBB4A

triadic

#BBAF4A #4ABBAF #AF4ABB

tetradic

#BBAF4A #4ABB76 #4A56BB #BB4A8E

square

#BBAF4A #4ABB76 #4A56BB #BB4A8E

split-complementary

#BBAF4A #4A8EBB #764ABB

monochromatic

#655E26 #918837 #BBAF4A #CCC376 #DCD6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAF4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF4A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF4A	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)

#BEAA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c680',
    500: '#bbaf4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf4a;
$custom-light: #d2c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74436,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF4A

secondary

#979DC9

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF4A

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

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