#BBAF58#BBAF58

#BBAF58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF58
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -7.24, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 46.19, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0219 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5861, 41.9306, 15.3442)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF58 #5864BB

analogous

#BB7E58 #BBAF58 #96BB58

triadic

#BBAF58 #58BBAF #AF58BB

tetradic

#BBAF58 #58BB7E #5864BB #BB5896

square

#BBAF58 #58BB7E #5864BB #BB5896

split-complementary

#BBAF58 #5896BB #7E58BB

monochromatic

#6C652C #988D3E #BBAF58 #CDC483 #DED9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAF58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF58

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF58	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c689',
    500: '#bbaf58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf58;
$custom-light: #d2c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74598,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF58

secondary

#A2A7CD

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF58

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

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