#BBAF72#BBAF72

#BBAF72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.082 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF72
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -4.64, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 33.16, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0119 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.082 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8615, 42.4408, 22.0611)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF72 #727EBB

analogous

#BB8B72 #BBAF72 #A3BB72

triadic

#BBAF72 #72BBAF #AF72BB

tetradic

#BBAF72 #72BB8B #727EBB #BB72A3

square

#BBAF72 #72BB8B #727EBB #BB72A3

split-complementary

#BBAF72 #72A3BB #8B72BB

monochromatic

#786E3A #A2944E #BBAF72 #CFC69B #E3DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BBAF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF72

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF72	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.082 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69b',
    500: '#bbaf72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf72;
$custom-light: #d0c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7499,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF72

secondary

#B6BBD3

accent

#6FCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF72

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

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