#BBAB3D#BBAB3D

#BBAB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB3D
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -7.06, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 56.86, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0245 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9003, 40.0291, 10.2493)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB3D #3D4DBB

analogous

#BB6C3D #BBAB3D #8CBB3D

triadic

#BBAB3D #3DBBAB #AB3DBB

tetradic

#BBAB3D #3DBB6C #3D4DBB #BB3D8C

square

#BBAB3D #3DBB6C #3D4DBB #BB3D8C

split-complementary

#BBAB3D #3D8CBB #6C3DBB

monochromatic

#5F571F #8D812E #BBAB3D #CEC168 #DDD496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BBAB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB3D

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB3D	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c378',
    500: '#bbab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab3d;
$custom-light: #d3c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB3D

secondary

#8C93C8

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB3D

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

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