#BBAF69#BBAF69

#BBAF69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.092 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF69
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -5.63, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 37.77, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0155 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.092 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3742, 42.2459, 19.4947)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF69 #6975BB

analogous

#BB8669 #BBAF69 #9EBB69

triadic

#BBAF69 #69BBAF #AF69BB

tetradic

#BBAF69 #69BB86 #6975BB #BB699E

square

#BBAF69 #69BB86 #6975BB #BB699E

split-complementary

#BBAF69 #699EBB #8669BB

monochromatic

#756B35 #9F9248 #BBAF69 #CEC593 #E1DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAF69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBAF69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF69

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF69	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.092 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c695',
    500: '#bbaf69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf69;
$custom-light: #d1c695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74841,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF69

secondary

#AFB4D1

accent

#6BCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF69

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

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