#BBAF55#BBAF55

#BBAF55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF55
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -7.49, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 47.62, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.023 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.113 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4644, 41.8820, 14.7031)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF55 #5561BB

analogous

#BB7C55 #BBAF55 #94BB55

triadic

#BBAF55 #55BBAF #AF55BB

tetradic

#BBAF55 #55BB7C #5561BB #BB5594

square

#BBAF55 #55BB7C #5561BB #BB5594

split-complementary

#BBAF55 #5594BB #7C55BB

monochromatic

#6B632B #978C3C #BBAF55 #CCC481 #DED8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBAF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF55

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF55	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c687',
    500: '#bbaf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf55;
$custom-light: #d2c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74561,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF55

secondary

#A0A5CC

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF55

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

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