#BBAF65#BBAF65

#BBAF65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.096 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF65
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -6.03, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 39.79, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0171 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.096 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1734, 42.1656, 18.4373)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF65 #6571BB

analogous

#BB8465 #BBAF65 #9CBB65

triadic

#BBAF65 #65BBAF #AF65BB

tetradic

#BBAF65 #65BB84 #6571BB #BB659C

square

#BBAF65 #65BB84 #6571BB #BB659C

split-complementary

#BBAF65 #659CBB #8465BB

monochromatic

#736A33 #9D9145 #BBAF65 #CEC58F #E0DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BBAF65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF65

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF65	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.096 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c692',
    500: '#bbaf65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf65;
$custom-light: #d1c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF65

secondary

#ACB1D0

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF65

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

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