#BBAB54#BBAB54

#BBAB54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB54
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -5.47, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 46.57, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0173 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6579, 40.3322, 14.2397)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB54 #5464BB

analogous

#BB7854 #BBAB54 #97BB54

triadic

#BBAB54 #54BBAB #AB54BB

tetradic

#BBAB54 #54BB78 #5464BB #BB5497

square

#BBAB54 #54BB78 #5464BB #BB5497

split-complementary

#BBAB54 #5497BB #7854BB

monochromatic

#6A602A #96883C #BBAB54 #CCC180 #DED6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BBAB54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB54

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB54	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c387',
    500: '#bbab54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab54;
$custom-light: #d2c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB54

secondary

#9FA6CC

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB54

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

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