#BBAF4F#BBAF4F

#BBAF4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF4F
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -7.96, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 50.43, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.025 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2361, 41.7906, 13.5006)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF4F #4F5BBB

analogous

#BB794F #BBAF4F #91BB4F

triadic

#BBAF4F #4FBBAF #AF4FBB

tetradic

#BBAF4F #4FBB79 #4F5BBB #BB4F91

square

#BBAF4F #4FBB79 #4F5BBB #BB4F91

split-complementary

#BBAF4F #4F91BB #794FBB

monochromatic

#686128 #948A39 #BBAF4F #CCC37B #DDD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BBAF4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF4F

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF4F	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c684',
    500: '#bbaf4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf4f;
$custom-light: #d2c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7449,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF4F

secondary

#9BA1CA

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF4F

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

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