#BBAB4F#BBAB4F

#BBAB4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB4F
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -5.86, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 48.93, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.019 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.114 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4691, 40.2566, 13.2449)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB4F #4F5FBB

analogous

#BB754F #BBAB4F #95BB4F

triadic

#BBAB4F #4FBBAB #AB4FBB

tetradic

#BBAB4F #4FBB75 #4F5FBB #BB4F95

square

#BBAB4F #4FBB75 #4F5FBB #BB4F95

split-complementary

#BBAB4F #4F95BB #754FBB

monochromatic

#685E28 #948639 #BBAB4F #CCC07B #DDD5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BBAB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB4F

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB4F	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)

#BAA746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c383',
    500: '#bbab4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab4f;
$custom-light: #d2c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73638,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB4F

secondary

#9BA2CA

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB4F

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

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