#BBAF59#BBAF59

#BBAF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF59
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -7.15, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 45.71, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0216 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6278, 41.9473, 15.5638)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF59 #5965BB

analogous

#BB7E59 #BBAF59 #96BB59

triadic

#BBAF59 #59BBAF #AF59BB

tetradic

#BBAF59 #59BB7E #5965BB #BB5996

square

#BBAF59 #59BB7E #5965BB #BB5996

split-complementary

#BBAF59 #5996BB #7E59BB

monochromatic

#6D652D #988D3E #BBAF59 #CDC484 #DFD9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF59

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF59	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)

#BDAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68a',
    500: '#bbaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf59;
$custom-light: #d1c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF59

secondary

#A3A8CD

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF59

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

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