#BBAF4E#BBAF4E

#BBAF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF4E
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -8.04, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 50.89, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0254 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.119 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1999, 41.7762, 13.3103)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF4E #4E5ABB

analogous

#BB784E #BBAF4E #91BB4E

triadic

#BBAF4E #4EBBAF #AF4EBB

tetradic

#BBAF4E #4EBB78 #4E5ABB #BB4E91

square

#BBAF4E #4EBB78 #4E5ABB #BB4E91

split-complementary

#BBAF4E #4E91BB #784EBB

monochromatic

#676028 #938939 #BBAF4E #CCC37A #DDD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BBAF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF4E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF4E	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c683',
    500: '#bbaf4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf4e;
$custom-light: #d2c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF4E

secondary

#9BA0CA

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF4E

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

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