#BBAF6A#BBAF6A

#BBAF6A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.091 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF6A
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -5.52, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 37.26, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0151 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.091 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4259, 42.2666, 19.7670)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF6A #6A76BB

analogous

#BB866A #BBAF6A #9FBB6A

triadic

#BBAF6A #6ABBAF #AF6ABB

tetradic

#BBAF6A #6ABB86 #6A76BB #BB6A9F

square

#BBAF6A #6ABB86 #6A76BB #BB6A9F

split-complementary

#BBAF6A #6A9FBB #866ABB

monochromatic

#756C35 #9F9249 #BBAF6A #CEC694 #E1DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAF6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBAF6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF6A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF6A	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)

#BBAB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.091 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c696',
    500: '#bbaf6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf6a;
$custom-light: #d1c696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74856,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF6A

secondary

#B0B5D1

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF6A

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

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