#BBAF74#BBAF74

#BBAF74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.079 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF74
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -4.41, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 32.12, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0111 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.079 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9766, 42.4868, 22.6672)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF74 #7480BB

analogous

#BB8C74 #BBAF74 #A4BB74

triadic

#BBAF74 #74BBAF #AF74BB

tetradic

#BBAF74 #74BB8C #7480BB #BB74A4

square

#BBAF74 #74BB8C #7480BB #BB74A4

split-complementary

#BBAF74 #74A4BB #8C74BB

monochromatic

#796F3B #A2944F #BBAF74 #CFC79D #E3DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAF74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBAF74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF74

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF74	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.079 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69c',
    500: '#bbaf74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf74;
$custom-light: #d0c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75025,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF74

secondary

#B8BCD3

accent

#70CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF74

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

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