#BBAB52#BBAB52

#BBAB52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB52
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -5.63, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 47.52, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.018 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5807, 40.3013, 13.8330)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB52 #5262BB

analogous

#BB7652 #BBAB52 #96BB52

triadic

#BBAB52 #52BBAB #AB52BB

tetradic

#BBAB52 #52BB76 #5262BB #BB5296

square

#BBAB52 #52BB76 #5262BB #BB5296

split-complementary

#BBAB52 #5296BB #7652BB

monochromatic

#696029 #95873B #BBAB52 #CCC07E #DED6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BBAB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB52

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB52	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)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c385',
    500: '#bbab52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab52;
$custom-light: #d2c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73673,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB52

secondary

#9EA5CB

accent

#68D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB52

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

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