#BBAB3C#BBAB3C

#BBAB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB3C
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -7.12, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 57.27, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0248 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.8736, 40.0184, 10.1088)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB3C #3C4CBB

analogous

#BB6B3C #BBAB3C #8BBB3C

triadic

#BBAB3C #3CBBAB #AB3CBB

tetradic

#BBAB3C #3CBB6B #3C4CBB #BB3C8B

square

#BBAB3C #3CBB6B #3C4CBB #BB3C8B

split-complementary

#BBAB3C #3C8BBB #6B3CBB

monochromatic

#5E561E #8D812D #BBAB3C #CEC166 #DDD495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BBAB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB3C

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB3C	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)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c378',
    500: '#bbab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab3c;
$custom-light: #d3c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.40017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB3C

secondary

#8B92C8

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB3C

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

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