#BBAF73#BBAF73

#BBAF73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.080 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF73
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -4.53, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 32.64, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0115 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.08 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9187, 42.4637, 22.3625)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF73 #737FBB

analogous

#BB8B73 #BBAF73 #A3BB73

triadic

#BBAF73 #73BBAF #AF73BB

tetradic

#BBAF73 #73BB8B #737FBB #BB73A3

square

#BBAF73 #73BB8B #737FBB #BB73A3

split-complementary

#BBAF73 #73A3BB #8B73BB

monochromatic

#796F3B #A2944F #BBAF73 #CFC79C #E3DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAF73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BBAF73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF73

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF73	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)

#BAAC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.080 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69c',
    500: '#bbaf73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf73;
$custom-light: #d0c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75007,
    "c": 0.08032,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF73

secondary

#B7BCD3

accent

#6FCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF73

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →