#BBAB47#BBAB47

#BBAB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB47
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -6.44, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 52.58, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0216 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1952, 40.1471, 11.8026)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB47 #4757BB

analogous

#BB7147 #BBAB47 #91BB47

triadic

#BBAB47 #47BBAB #AB47BB

tetradic

#BBAB47 #47BB71 #4757BB #BB4791

square

#BBAB47 #47BB71 #4757BB #BB4791

split-complementary

#BBAB47 #4791BB #7147BB

monochromatic

#635A25 #908335 #BBAB47 #CCBF74 #DCD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BBAB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB47

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB47	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)

#BAA63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37e',
    500: '#bbab47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab47;
$custom-light: #d2c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB47

secondary

#959CC9

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB47

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

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