#BBAF6B#BBAF6B

#BBAF6B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.090 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF6B
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -5.42, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 36.75, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0147 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.09 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4782, 42.2875, 20.0425)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF6B #6B77BB

analogous

#BB876B #BBAF6B #9FBB6B

triadic

#BBAF6B #6BBBAF #AF6BBB

tetradic

#BBAF6B #6BBB87 #6B77BB #BB6B9F

square

#BBAF6B #6BBB87 #6B77BB #BB6B9F

split-complementary

#BBAF6B #6B9FBB #876BBB

monochromatic

#766C36 #A09349 #BBAF6B #CEC695 #E2DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAF6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBAF6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF6B

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF6B	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.090 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c696',
    500: '#bbaf6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf6b;
$custom-light: #d1c696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF6B

secondary

#B1B6D1

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF6B

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

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