#BBAB40#BBAB40

#BBAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB40
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -6.89, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 55.61, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0237 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9833, 40.0623, 10.6869)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB40 #4050BB

analogous

#BB6E40 #BBAB40 #8EBB40

triadic

#BBAB40 #40BBAB #AB40BB

tetradic

#BBAB40 #40BB6E #4050BB #BB408E

square

#BBAB40 #40BB6E #4050BB #BB408E

split-complementary

#BBAB40 #408EBB #6E40BB

monochromatic

#605821 #8D8130 #BBAB40 #CDC06C #DCD399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BBAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB40

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB40	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)

#BAA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37a',
    500: '#bbab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab40;
$custom-light: #d3c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73484,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB40

secondary

#8F96C8

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB40

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

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