#BBAB4B#BBAB4B

#BBAB4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB4B
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -6.16, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 50.78, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0203 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3278, 40.2001, 12.5011)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB4B #4B5BBB

analogous

#BB734B #BBAB4B #93BB4B

triadic

#BBAB4B #4BBBAB #AB4BBB

tetradic

#BBAB4B #4BBB73 #4B5BBB #BB4B93

square

#BBAB4B #4BBB73 #4B5BBB #BB4B93

split-complementary

#BBAB4B #4B93BB #734BBB

monochromatic

#655C26 #928537 #BBAB4B #CCC077 #DDD4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BBAB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB4B

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB4B	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)

#BAA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c381',
    500: '#bbab4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab4b;
$custom-light: #d2c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB4B

secondary

#989FCA

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB4B

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

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