#BBAF8A#BBAF8A

#BBAF8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.052 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF8A
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -1.60, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 20.63, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.002 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.052 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4111, 43.0607, 30.2226)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF8A #8A96BB

analogous

#BB968A #BBAF8A #AEBB8A

triadic

#BBAF8A #8ABBAF #AF8ABB

tetradic

#BBAF8A #8ABB96 #8A96BB #BB8AAE

square

#BBAF8A #8ABB96 #8A96BB #BB8AAE

split-complementary

#BBAF8A #8AAEBB #968ABB

monochromatic

#80734A #A59563 #BBAF8A #D1C9B1 #E8E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBAF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF8A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF8A	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.052 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ac',
    500: '#bbaf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf8a;
$custom-light: #d0c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.05225,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF8A

secondary

#C8CCD9

accent

#59A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF8A

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

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