#BBAB46#BBAB46

#BBAB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB46
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -6.50, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 53.02, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0219 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1634, 40.1343, 11.6350)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB46 #4656BB

analogous

#BB7046 #BBAB46 #90BB46

triadic

#BBAB46 #46BBAB #AB46BB

tetradic

#BBAB46 #46BB70 #4656BB #BB4690

square

#BBAB46 #46BB70 #4656BB #BB4690

split-complementary

#BBAB46 #4690BB #7046BB

monochromatic

#625A24 #8F8335 #BBAB46 #CBBF73 #DCD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BBAB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB46

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB46	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37e',
    500: '#bbab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab46;
$custom-light: #d2c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73541,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB46

secondary

#949BC8

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB46

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

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