#BBAB49#BBAB49

#BBAB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB49
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -6.30, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 51.68, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2604, 40.1732, 12.1462)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB49 #4959BB

analogous

#BB7249 #BBAB49 #92BB49

triadic

#BBAB49 #49BBAB #AB49BB

tetradic

#BBAB49 #49BB72 #4959BB #BB4992

square

#BBAB49 #49BB72 #4959BB #BB4992

split-complementary

#BBAB49 #4992BB #7249BB

monochromatic

#645B25 #918436 #BBAB49 #CCC076 #DCD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BBAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB49

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB49	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#BAA63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c380',
    500: '#bbab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab49;
$custom-light: #d2c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73572,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB49

secondary

#979EC9

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB49

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

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