#BBAF7B#BBAF7B

#BBAF7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.071 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF7B
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 123)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -3.57, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 28.48, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0083 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.071 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3992, 42.6559, 24.8930)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF7B #7B87BB

analogous

#BB8F7B #BBAF7B #A7BB7B

triadic

#BBAF7B #7BBBAF #AF7BBB

tetradic

#BBAF7B #7BBB8F #7B87BB #BB7BA7

square

#BBAF7B #7BBB8F #7B87BB #BB7BA7

split-complementary

#BBAF7B #7BA7BB #8F7BBB

monochromatic

#7C7140 #A49555 #BBAF7B #D0C7A3 #E5E0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAF7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBAF7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF7B

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF7B	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.071 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a1',
    500: '#bbaf7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf7b;
$custom-light: #d0c6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75154,
    "c": 0.07079,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF7B

secondary

#BDC1D5

accent

#50AB3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF7B

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

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