#BBAB51#BBAB51

#BBAB51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB51
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -5.71, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 47.99, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0183 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5429, 40.2862, 13.6341)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB51 #5161BB

analogous

#BB7651 #BBAB51 #96BB51

triadic

#BBAB51 #51BBAB #AB51BB

tetradic

#BBAB51 #51BB76 #5161BB #BB5196

square

#BBAB51 #51BB76 #5161BB #BB5196

split-complementary

#BBAB51 #5196BB #7651BB

monochromatic

#695F29 #95873A #BBAB51 #CCC07D #DDD5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BBAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB51

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB51	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c385',
    500: '#bbab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab51;
$custom-light: #d2c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB51

secondary

#9DA4CB

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB51

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

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