#BBAF57#BBAF57

#BBAF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF57
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -7.32, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 46.67, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0223 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.111 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5450, 41.9142, 15.1275)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF57 #5763BB

analogous

#BB7D57 #BBAF57 #95BB57

triadic

#BBAF57 #57BBAF #AF57BB

tetradic

#BBAF57 #57BB7D #5763BB #BB5795

square

#BBAF57 #57BB7D #5763BB #BB5795

split-complementary

#BBAF57 #5795BB #7D57BB

monochromatic

#6C642C #978D3D #BBAF57 #CDC483 #DED8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF57

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF57	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)

#BDAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c689',
    500: '#bbaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf57;
$custom-light: #d2c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF57

secondary

#A2A7CC

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF57

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

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