#BBAF5E#BBAF5E

#BBAF5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF5E
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -6.70, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 43.27, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0197 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.104 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.8449, 42.0342, 16.7074)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF5E #5E6ABB

analogous

#BB805E #BBAF5E #98BB5E

triadic

#BBAF5E #5EBBAF #AF5EBB

tetradic

#BBAF5E #5EBB80 #5E6ABB #BB5E98

square

#BBAF5E #5EBB80 #5E6ABB #BB5E98

split-complementary

#BBAF5E #5E98BB #805EBB

monochromatic

#70672F #9B8F41 #BBAF5E #CDC489 #DFDAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BBAF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF5E

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF5E	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68d',
    500: '#bbaf5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf5e;
$custom-light: #d1c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74678,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.42033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF5E

secondary

#A7ACCE

accent

#67D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF5E

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

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