#BBAB4A#BBAB4A

#BBAB4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB4A
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -6.23, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 51.23, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0207 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(36.2939, 40.1865, 12.3223)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB4A #4A5ABB

analogous

#BB724A #BBAB4A #92BB4A

triadic

#BBAB4A #4ABBAB #AB4ABB

tetradic

#BBAB4A #4ABB72 #4A5ABB #BB4A92

square

#BBAB4A #4ABB72 #4A5ABB #BB4A92

split-complementary

#BBAB4A #4A92BB #724ABB

monochromatic

#655C26 #918437 #BBAB4A #CCC076 #DCD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BBAB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB4A

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB4A	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c380',
    500: '#bbab4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab4a;
$custom-light: #d2c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73582,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.40185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB4A

secondary

#979FC9

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB4A

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

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