#BBAF5A#BBAF5A

#BBAF5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.108 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF5A
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -7.06, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 45.22, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0212 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.108 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6701, 41.9642, 15.7865)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF5A #5A66BB

analogous

#BB7F5A #BBAF5A #97BB5A

triadic

#BBAF5A #5ABBAF #AF5ABB

tetradic

#BBAF5A #5ABB7F #5A66BB #BB5A97

square

#BBAF5A #5ABB7F #5A66BB #BB5A97

split-complementary

#BBAF5A #5A97BB #7F5ABB

monochromatic

#6D662D #998E3F #BBAF5A #CDC485 #DFD9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF5A

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF5A	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)

#BDAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.108 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68b',
    500: '#bbaf5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf5a;
$custom-light: #d1c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74624,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF5A

secondary

#A4A9CD

accent

#66D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF5A

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

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