#BBAB36#BBAB36

#BBAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB36
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -7.44, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 59.63, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0264 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7239, 39.9585, 9.3204)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB36 #3646BB

analogous

#BB6936 #BBAB36 #89BB36

triadic

#BBAB36 #36BBAB #AB36BB

tetradic

#BBAB36 #36BB69 #3646BB #BB3689

square

#BBAB36 #36BB69 #3646BB #BB3689

split-complementary

#BBAB36 #3689BB #6936BB

monochromatic

#5C541B #8C8028 #BBAB36 #D0C35E #DED48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BBAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BBAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB36

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB36	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c375',
    500: '#bbab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab36;
$custom-light: #d3c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB36

secondary

#848CC9

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB36

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

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