#BBAB38#BBAB38

#BBAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB38
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -7.34, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 58.86, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0259 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7718, 39.9777, 9.5728)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB38 #3848BB

analogous

#BB6A38 #BBAB38 #89BB38

triadic

#BBAB38 #38BBAB #AB38BB

tetradic

#BBAB38 #38BB6A #3848BB #BB3889

square

#BBAB38 #38BB6A #3848BB #BB3889

split-complementary

#BBAB38 #3889BB #6A38BB

monochromatic

#5D551C #8C802A #BBAB38 #D0C261 #DED490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BBAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB38

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB38	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c376',
    500: '#bbab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab38;
$custom-light: #d3c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB38

secondary

#868EC8

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB38

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

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