#BBAF62#BBAF62

#BBAF62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF62
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -6.33, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 41.29, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0182 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.099 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0291, 42.1078, 17.6773)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF62 #626EBB

analogous

#BB8262 #BBAF62 #9ABB62

triadic

#BBAF62 #62BBAF #AF62BB

tetradic

#BBAF62 #62BB82 #626EBB #BB629A

square

#BBAF62 #62BB82 #626EBB #BB629A

split-complementary

#BBAF62 #629ABB #8262BB

monochromatic

#716931 #9C9044 #BBAF62 #CDC58D #E0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBAF62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF62

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF62	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)

#BCAB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c690',
    500: '#bbaf62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf62;
$custom-light: #d1c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74735,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF62

secondary

#AAAFCF

accent

#68CF58

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF62

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

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