#BBAF5B#BBAF5B

#BBAF5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF5B
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -6.98, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 44.74, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0208 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.107 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7129, 41.9814, 16.0122)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF5B #5B67BB

analogous

#BB7F5B #BBAF5B #97BB5B

triadic

#BBAF5B #5BBBAF #AF5BBB

tetradic

#BBAF5B #5BBB7F #5B67BB #BB5B97

square

#BBAF5B #5BBB7F #5B67BB #BB5B97

split-complementary

#BBAF5B #5B97BB #7F5BBB

monochromatic

#6E662E #998E40 #BBAF5B #CDC486 #DFD9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBAF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF5B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF5B	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68b',
    500: '#bbaf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf5b;
$custom-light: #d1c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74637,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF5B

secondary

#A5AACD

accent

#66D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF5B

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

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