#BBAF51#BBAF51

#BBAF51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF51
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -7.81, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 49.50, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0244 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3100, 41.8202, 13.8898)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF51 #515DBB

analogous

#BB7A51 #BBAF51 #92BB51

triadic

#BBAF51 #51BBAF #AF51BB

tetradic

#BBAF51 #51BB7A #515DBB #BB5192

square

#BBAF51 #51BB7A #515DBB #BB5192

split-complementary

#BBAF51 #5192BB #7A51BB

monochromatic

#696129 #958A3A #BBAF51 #CCC37D #DDD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BBAF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF51

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF51	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)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c685',
    500: '#bbaf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf51;
$custom-light: #d2c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF51

secondary

#9DA2CB

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF51

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

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