#BBAB3F#BBAB3F

#BBAB3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB3F
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -6.95, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 56.03, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.024 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9551, 40.0510, 10.5384)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB3F #3F4FBB

analogous

#BB6D3F #BBAB3F #8DBB3F

triadic

#BBAB3F #3FBBAB #AB3FBB

tetradic

#BBAB3F #3FBB6D #3F4FBB #BB3F8D

square

#BBAB3F #3FBB6D #3F4FBB #BB3F8D

split-complementary

#BBAB3F #3F8DBB #6D3FBB

monochromatic

#5F5720 #8D8130 #BBAB3F #CDC06A #DCD498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BBAB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB3F

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB3F	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)

#BBA631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37a',
    500: '#bbab3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab3f;
$custom-light: #d3c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73475,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB3F

secondary

#8E95C8

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB3F

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

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