#BBAB43#BBAB43

#BBAB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB43
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -6.70, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 54.33, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0228 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.125 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0710, 40.0974, 11.1487)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB43 #4353BB

analogous

#BB6F43 #BBAB43 #8FBB43

triadic

#BBAB43 #43BBAB #AB43BB

tetradic

#BBAB43 #43BB6F #4353BB #BB438F

square

#BBAB43 #43BB6F #4353BB #BB438F

split-complementary

#BBAB43 #438FBB #6F43BB

monochromatic

#615923 #8E8233 #BBAB43 #CCBF70 #DCD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BBAB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB43

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB43	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)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37c',
    500: '#bbab43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab43;
$custom-light: #d2c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB43

secondary

#9299C8

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB43

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

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