#BBAB4D#BBAB4D

#BBAB4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB4D
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -6.01, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 49.86, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0197 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3973, 40.2279, 12.8673)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB4D #4D5DBB

analogous

#BB744D #BBAB4D #94BB4D

triadic

#BBAB4D #4DBBAB #AB4DBB

tetradic

#BBAB4D #4DBB74 #4D5DBB #BB4D94

square

#BBAB4D #4DBB74 #4D5DBB #BB4D94

split-complementary

#BBAB4D #4D94BB #744DBB

monochromatic

#665D27 #938638 #BBAB4D #CCC079 #DDD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BBAB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB4D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB4D	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c382',
    500: '#bbab4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab4d;
$custom-light: #d2c382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB4D

secondary

#9AA1CA

accent

#66D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB4D

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

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