#BBAF50#BBAF50

#BBAF50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF50
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -7.89, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 49.97, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0247 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.117 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2727, 41.8053, 13.6937)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF50 #505CBB

analogous

#BB7A50 #BBAF50 #92BB50

triadic

#BBAF50 #50BBAF #AF50BB

tetradic

#BBAF50 #50BB7A #505CBB #BB5092

square

#BBAF50 #50BB7A #505CBB #BB5092

split-complementary

#BBAF50 #5092BB #7A50BB

monochromatic

#686128 #948A3A #BBAF50 #CCC37C #DDD7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BBAF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF50

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF50	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)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c684',
    500: '#bbaf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf50;
$custom-light: #d2c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF50

secondary

#9CA1CB

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF50

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

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