#BBAF66#BBAF66

#BBAF66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF66
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -5.93, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 39.28, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0167 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2227, 42.1853, 18.6969)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF66 #6672BB

analogous

#BB8566 #BBAF66 #9DBB66

triadic

#BBAF66 #66BBAF #AF66BB

tetradic

#BBAF66 #66BB85 #6672BB #BB669D

square

#BBAF66 #66BB85 #6672BB #BB669D

split-complementary

#BBAF66 #669DBB #8566BB

monochromatic

#736A33 #9E9146 #BBAF66 #CEC590 #E1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAF66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBAF66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF66

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF66	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c693',
    500: '#bbaf66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf66;
$custom-light: #d1c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF66

secondary

#ADB2D0

accent

#6ACE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF66

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

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