#BBAF61#BBAF61

#BBAF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF61
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -6.42, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 41.78, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0186 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.1 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9822, 42.0891, 17.4302)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF61 #616DBB

analogous

#BB8261 #BBAF61 #9ABB61

triadic

#BBAF61 #61BBAF #AF61BB

tetradic

#BBAF61 #61BB82 #616DBB #BB619A

square

#BBAF61 #61BB82 #616DBB #BB619A

split-complementary

#BBAF61 #619ABB #8261BB

monochromatic

#716831 #9C9043 #BBAF61 #CDC58C #E0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBAF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF61

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF61	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68f',
    500: '#bbaf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf61;
$custom-light: #d1c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7472,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF61

secondary

#A9AECF

accent

#68D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF61

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

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