#BBAF5F#BBAF5F

#BBAF5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF5F
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -6.61, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 42.77, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0194 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.103 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8901, 42.0523, 16.9453)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF5F #5F6BBB

analogous

#BB815F #BBAF5F #99BB5F

triadic

#BBAF5F #5FBBAF #AF5FBB

tetradic

#BBAF5F #5FBB81 #5F6BBB #BB5F99

square

#BBAF5F #5FBB81 #5F6BBB #BB5F99

split-complementary

#BBAF5F #5F99BB #815FBB

monochromatic

#706830 #9B8F42 #BBAF5F #CDC48A #E0DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BBAF5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF5F

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF5F	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)

#BCAB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68e',
    500: '#bbaf5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf5f;
$custom-light: #d1c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF5F

secondary

#A8ADCE

accent

#67D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF5F

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

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