#BBAB45#BBAB45

#BBAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB45
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -6.57, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 53.46, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0222 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1321, 40.1218, 11.4701)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB45 #4555BB

analogous

#BB7045 #BBAB45 #90BB45

triadic

#BBAB45 #45BBAB #AB45BB

tetradic

#BBAB45 #45BB70 #4555BB #BB4590

square

#BBAB45 #45BB70 #4555BB #BB4590

split-complementary

#BBAB45 #4590BB #7045BB

monochromatic

#625924 #8F8234 #BBAB45 #CBBF72 #DCD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BBAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB45

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB45	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)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37d',
    500: '#bbab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab45;
$custom-light: #d2c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73531,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB45

secondary

#949BC8

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB45

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

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