#BBAB42#BBAB42

#BBAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB42
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -6.76, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 54.76, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0231 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0413, 40.0855, 10.9920)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB42 #4252BB

analogous

#BB6F42 #BBAB42 #8FBB42

triadic

#BBAB42 #42BBAB #AB42BB

tetradic

#BBAB42 #42BB6F #4252BB #BB428F

square

#BBAB42 #42BB6F #4252BB #BB428F

split-complementary

#BBAB42 #428FBB #6F42BB

monochromatic

#615822 #8E8232 #BBAB42 #CCC06E #DCD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BBAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB42

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB42	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37b',
    500: '#bbab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab42;
$custom-light: #d3c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB42

secondary

#9198C8

accent

#62D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB42

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

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