#BBAF79#BBAF79

#BBAF79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.073 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF79
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -3.82, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 29.53, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0091 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.073 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2753, 42.6063, 24.2404)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF79 #7985BB

analogous

#BB8E79 #BBAF79 #A6BB79

triadic

#BBAF79 #79BBAF #AF79BB

tetradic

#BBAF79 #79BB8E #7985BB #BB79A6

square

#BBAF79 #79BB8E #7985BB #BB79A6

split-complementary

#BBAF79 #79A6BB #8E79BB

monochromatic

#7B703E #A49553 #BBAF79 #D0C7A2 #E4DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BBAF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF79

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF79	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.073 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a0',
    500: '#bbaf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf79;
$custom-light: #d0c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.07321,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF79

secondary

#BBC0D5

accent

#4FAB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF79

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

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