#BBAB3E#BBAB3E

#BBAB3E 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	#BBAB3E
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -7.01, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 56.45, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0243 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9275, 40.0400, 10.3925)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB3E #3E4EBB

analogous

#BB6D3E #BBAB3E #8DBB3E

triadic

#BBAB3E #3EBBAB #AB3EBB

tetradic

#BBAB3E #3EBB6D #3E4EBB #BB3E8D

square

#BBAB3E #3EBB6D #3E4EBB #BB3E8D

split-complementary

#BBAB3E #3E8DBB #6D3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5720 #8D812F #BBAB3E #CDC069 #DCD497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BBAB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB3E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB3E	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)

#BBA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c379',
    500: '#bbab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab3e;
$custom-light: #d3c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73466,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB3E

secondary

#8D94C8

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB3E

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

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