#BBAB4C#BBAB4C

#BBAB4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB4C
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -6.09, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 50.32, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.02 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3623, 40.2139, 12.6828)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB4C #4C5CBB

analogous

#BB744C #BBAB4C #94BB4C

triadic

#BBAB4C #4CBBAB #AB4CBB

tetradic

#BBAB4C #4CBB74 #4C5CBB #BB4C94

square

#BBAB4C #4CBB74 #4C5CBB #BB4C94

split-complementary

#BBAB4C #4C94BB #744CBB

monochromatic

#665D27 #928538 #BBAB4C #CCC078 #DDD5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BBAB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB4C

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB4C	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)

#BAA742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c381',
    500: '#bbab4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab4c;
$custom-light: #d2c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB4C

secondary

#99A0CA

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB4C

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

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