#BBAB44#BBAB44

#BBAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB44
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -6.64, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 53.90, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0225 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1013, 40.1095, 11.3080)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB44 #4454BB

analogous

#BB7044 #BBAB44 #8FBB44

triadic

#BBAB44 #44BBAB #AB44BB

tetradic

#BBAB44 #44BB70 #4454BB #BB448F

square

#BBAB44 #44BB70 #4454BB #BB448F

split-complementary

#BBAB44 #448FBB #7044BB

monochromatic

#615923 #8E8234 #BBAB44 #CBBF71 #DCD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BBAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB44

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB44	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)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37d',
    500: '#bbab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab44;
$custom-light: #d2c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB44

secondary

#939AC8

accent

#63D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB44

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

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