#BBAB48#BBAB48

#BBAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; 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	#BBAB48
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -6.37, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 52.13, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0213 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2276, 40.1600, 11.9730)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB48 #4858BB

analogous

#BB7148 #BBAB48 #91BB48

triadic

#BBAB48 #48BBAB #AB48BB

tetradic

#BBAB48 #48BB71 #4858BB #BB4891

square

#BBAB48 #48BB71 #4858BB #BB4891

split-complementary

#BBAB48 #4891BB #7148BB

monochromatic

#645B25 #908436 #BBAB48 #CCBF75 #DCD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BBAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB48

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB48	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)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37f',
    500: '#bbab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab48;
$custom-light: #d2c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73561,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB48

secondary

#969DC9

accent

#65D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB48

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

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