#BBAF4B#BBAF4B

#BBAF4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF4B
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -8.26, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 52.25, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0263 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.122 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0948, 41.7341, 12.7568)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF4B #4B57BB

analogous

#BB774B #BBAF4B #8FBB4B

triadic

#BBAF4B #4BBBAF #AF4BBB

tetradic

#BBAF4B #4BBB77 #4B57BB #BB4B8F

square

#BBAF4B #4BBB77 #4B57BB #BB4B8F

split-complementary

#BBAF4B #4B8FBB #774BBB

monochromatic

#655F26 #928837 #BBAF4B #CCC377 #DDD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAF4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BBAF4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF4B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF4B	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c681',
    500: '#bbaf4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf4b;
$custom-light: #d2c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF4B

secondary

#989ECA

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF4B

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

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