#BBAF56#BBAF56

#BBAF56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF56
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -7.41, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 47.15, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0226 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.112 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5044, 41.8980, 14.9138)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF56 #5662BB

analogous

#BB7C56 #BBAF56 #94BB56

triadic

#BBAF56 #56BBAF #AF56BB

tetradic

#BBAF56 #56BB7C #5662BB #BB5694

square

#BBAF56 #56BB7C #5662BB #BB5694

split-complementary

#BBAF56 #5694BB #7C56BB

monochromatic

#6B642B #978C3D #BBAF56 #CDC482 #DED8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBAF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF56

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF56	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)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c688',
    500: '#bbaf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf56;
$custom-light: #d2c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74573,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF56

secondary

#A1A6CC

accent

#64D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF56

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

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