#BBAF5D#BBAF5D

#BBAF5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF5D
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -6.80, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 43.76, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0201 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8004, 42.0164, 16.4726)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF5D #5D69BB

analogous

#BB805D #BBAF5D #98BB5D

triadic

#BBAF5D #5DBBAF #AF5DBB

tetradic

#BBAF5D #5DBB80 #5D69BB #BB5D98

square

#BBAF5D #5DBB80 #5D69BB #BB5D98

split-complementary

#BBAF5D #5D98BB #805DBB

monochromatic

#6F672F #9A8F41 #BBAF5D #CDC488 #DFDAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBAF5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF5D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF5D	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)

#BCAB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68d',
    500: '#bbaf5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf5d;
$custom-light: #d1c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF5D

secondary

#A6ABCE

accent

#67D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF5D

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

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