#BBAB53#BBAB53

#BBAB53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB53
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -5.55, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 47.05, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0176 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6190, 40.3166, 14.0349)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB53 #5363BB

analogous

#BB7753 #BBAB53 #97BB53

triadic

#BBAB53 #53BBAB #AB53BB

tetradic

#BBAB53 #53BB77 #5363BB #BB5397

square

#BBAB53 #53BB77 #5363BB #BB5397

split-complementary

#BBAB53 #5397BB #7753BB

monochromatic

#6A602A #96883B #BBAB53 #CCC07F #DED6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BBAB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB53

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB53	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)

#B9A74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c386',
    500: '#bbab53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab53;
$custom-light: #d2c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73685,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB53

secondary

#9EA5CB

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB53

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

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