#BBAB41#BBAB41

#BBAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB41
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -6.83, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 55.19, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0234 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0121, 40.0738, 10.8381)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB41 #4151BB

analogous

#BB6E41 #BBAB41 #8EBB41

triadic

#BBAB41 #41BBAB #AB41BB

tetradic

#BBAB41 #41BB6E #4151BB #BB418E

square

#BBAB41 #41BB6E #4151BB #BB418E

split-complementary

#BBAB41 #418EBB #6E41BB

monochromatic

#605821 #8E8131 #BBAB41 #CCC06D #DCD39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BBAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB41

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB41	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)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37b',
    500: '#bbab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab41;
$custom-light: #d3c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73493,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB41

secondary

#9097C8

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB41

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

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