#BBAB55#BBAB55

#BBAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB55
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -5.38, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 46.09, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0169 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.109 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.6974, 40.3479, 14.4475)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB55 #5565BB

analogous

#BB7855 #BBAB55 #98BB55

triadic

#BBAB55 #55BBAB #AB55BB

tetradic

#BBAB55 #55BB78 #5565BB #BB5598

square

#BBAB55 #55BB78 #5565BB #BB5598

split-complementary

#BBAB55 #5598BB #7855BB

monochromatic

#6B612B #97883C #BBAB55 #CCC181 #DED6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BBAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB55

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB55	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)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c387',
    500: '#bbab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab55;
$custom-light: #d2c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7371,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB55

secondary

#A0A7CC

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB55

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

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