#BBAB59#BBAB59

#BBAB59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB59
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -5.04, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 44.16, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0155 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.105 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8608, 40.4133, 15.3082)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB59 #5969BB

analogous

#BB7A59 #BBAB59 #9ABB59

triadic

#BBAB59 #59BBAB #AB59BB

tetradic

#BBAB59 #59BB7A #5969BB #BB599A

square

#BBAB59 #59BB7A #5969BB #BB599A

split-complementary

#BBAB59 #599ABB #7A59BB

monochromatic

#6D622D #988A3E #BBAB59 #CDC184 #DFD7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BBAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB59

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB59	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38a',
    500: '#bbab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab59;
$custom-light: #d1c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB59

secondary

#A3AACD

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB59

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

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