#BBAB39#BBAB39

#BBAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB39
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -7.28, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 58.47, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0256 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7965, 39.9876, 9.7029)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB39 #3949BB

analogous

#BB6A39 #BBAB39 #8ABB39

triadic

#BBAB39 #39BBAB #AB39BB

tetradic

#BBAB39 #39BB6A #3949BB #BB398A

square

#BBAB39 #39BB6A #3949BB #BB398A

split-complementary

#BBAB39 #398ABB #6A39BB

monochromatic

#5D551C #8C802B #BBAB39 #CFC262 #DDD491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BBAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB39

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB39	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)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c376',
    500: '#bbab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab39;
$custom-light: #d3c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB39

secondary

#878FC8

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB39

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

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