#BBAB56#BBAB56

#BBAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB56
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -5.30, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 45.61, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0166 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.108 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7374, 40.3639, 14.6582)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB56 #5666BB

analogous

#BB7856 #BBAB56 #98BB56

triadic

#BBAB56 #56BBAB #AB56BB

tetradic

#BBAB56 #56BB78 #5666BB #BB5698

square

#BBAB56 #56BB78 #5666BB #BB5698

split-complementary

#BBAB56 #5698BB #7856BB

monochromatic

#6B612B #97893D #BBAB56 #CDC182 #DED6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BBAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB56

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB56	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c388',
    500: '#bbab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab56;
$custom-light: #d2c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB56

secondary

#A1A8CC

accent

#69D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB56

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

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