#BBAF53#BBAF53

#BBAF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF53
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -7.65, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 48.57, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0237 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3861, 41.8506, 14.2906)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF53 #535FBB

analogous

#BB7B53 #BBAF53 #93BB53

triadic

#BBAF53 #53BBAF #AF53BB

tetradic

#BBAF53 #53BB7B #535FBB #BB5393

square

#BBAF53 #53BB7B #535FBB #BB5393

split-complementary

#BBAF53 #5393BB #7B53BB

monochromatic

#6A622A #968B3B #BBAF53 #CCC37F #DED8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBAF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF53

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF53	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c686',
    500: '#bbaf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf53;
$custom-light: #d2c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF53

secondary

#9EA4CB

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF53

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

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