#BBAB3B#BBAB3B

#BBAB3B 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	#BBAB3B
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -7.18, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 57.67, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0251 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8474, 40.0079, 9.9709)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB3B #3B4BBB

analogous

#BB6B3B #BBAB3B #8BBB3B

triadic

#BBAB3B #3BBBAB #AB3BBB

tetradic

#BBAB3B #3BBB6B #3B4BBB #BB3B8B

square

#BBAB3B #3BBB6B #3B4BBB #BB3B8B

split-complementary

#BBAB3B #3B8BBB #6B3BBB

monochromatic

#5E561E #8C802C #BBAB3B #CEC165 #DDD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BBAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB3B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB3B	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)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c377',
    500: '#bbab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab3b;
$custom-light: #d3c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73441,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB3B

secondary

#8A91C8

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB3B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →