#BBAB50#BBAB50

#BBAB50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB50
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -5.78, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 48.46, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0187 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5057, 40.2713, 13.4381)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB50 #5060BB

analogous

#BB7650 #BBAB50 #96BB50

triadic

#BBAB50 #50BBAB #AB50BB

tetradic

#BBAB50 #50BB76 #5060BB #BB5096

square

#BBAB50 #50BB76 #5060BB #BB5096

split-complementary

#BBAB50 #5096BB #7650BB

monochromatic

#685F28 #94873A #BBAB50 #CCC07C #DDD5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BBAB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB50

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB50	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)

#B9A747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c384',
    500: '#bbab50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab50;
$custom-light: #d2c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73649,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB50

secondary

#9CA3CB

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB50

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

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