#BBAB5A#BBAB5A

#BBAB5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB5A
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -4.96, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 43.67, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0151 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.104 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9031, 40.4302, 15.5308)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB5A #5A6ABB

analogous

#BB7B5A #BBAB5A #9BBB5A

triadic

#BBAB5A #5ABBAB #AB5ABB

tetradic

#BBAB5A #5ABB7B #5A6ABB #BB5A9B

square

#BBAB5A #5ABB7B #5A6ABB #BB5A9B

split-complementary

#BBAB5A #5A9BBB #7B5ABB

monochromatic

#6D632D #998A3F #BBAB5A #CDC185 #DFD7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBAB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB5A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB5A	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38b',
    500: '#bbab5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab5a;
$custom-light: #d1c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73775,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB5A

secondary

#A4ABCD

accent

#6BD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB5A

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

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