#BBAB3A#BBAB3A

#BBAB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB3A
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -7.23, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 58.07, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0253 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8217, 39.9977, 9.8356)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB3A #3A4ABB

analogous

#BB6A3A #BBAB3A #8ABB3A

triadic

#BBAB3A #3ABBAB #AB3ABB

tetradic

#BBAB3A #3ABB6A #3A4ABB #BB3A8A

square

#BBAB3A #3ABB6A #3A4ABB #BB3A8A

split-complementary

#BBAB3A #3A8ABB #6A3ABB

monochromatic

#5E561D #8C802C #BBAB3A #CFC163 #DDD492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BBAB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB3A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB3A	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)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c377',
    500: '#bbab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab3a;
$custom-light: #d3c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73433,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB3A

secondary

#8890C8

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB3A

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

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